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Urine trouble.
In an incident that redefines 鈥渟leeping it off,鈥� a Chinese man鈥檚 bladder burst when he unknowingly held his pee in for 18 hours after binging on booze.
The 40-year-old man, identified only as Mr. Hu, reportedly fell asleep 鈥� ahem, passed out? 鈥� after downing 10 bottles of beer during a heavy drinking session the night prior 鈥� without heeding nature鈥檚 call once,
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After experiencing searing abdominal pains, the lager-logged soul reported to the to Zhuji People鈥檚 Hospital in Zhejiang, eastern China, where a CT scan revealed that his bladder was torn in three places. The pee-induced pain was so intense that Hu was unable to lie flat, and he failed to relieve himself of his massive urine reservoir despite several attempts.
Even worse, one of the holes had ruptured toward the patient鈥檚 abdominal cavity and forced part of his intestines to spill into the bladder 鈥� a complication doctors deemed potentially fatal if not fixed immediately.
A Chinese man鈥檚 bladder burst when he unknowingly held his pee in for 18 hours after binging on booze, according to a report. (iStock)
Fortunately, they were able to save Hu鈥檚 life via emergency surgery, and he has since been released from the hospital after making a complete recovery, according to local media outlets.
While such bladder explosions are rare, the local hospital claims that every year they admit at least one such patient. And binging on beer is apparently the perfect recipe for a perforated pee pouch.
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鈥淲hen you drink alcohol, it causes the body to produce more urine than usual, so that can potentially contribute to the bladder being full,鈥� Dr. Bradley Gill, a board-certified urologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, .
Gill adds that when 鈥渁ccompanied by an inebriated individual being less aware of this fullness,鈥� this can result in 鈥渢raumatic bladder rupture.鈥�
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