Eldorado Posted February 26, 2020 #1 Share Posted February 26, 2020 "A woman has been diagnosed with a never-before-seen condition after doctors discovered she was urinating alcohol – without drinking a single drop. "The unnamed patient, 61, has become the first person in the world to be diagnosed with ‘urinary auto-brewery syndrome’ caused by yeast in her bladder that ferments sugar in her urine to produce alcohol. "The process is almost exactly the same as one used by beer makers – but it was happening in her own body." Full story at the UK Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/25/woman-pees-alcohol-despite-not-drinking-drop-12298016/? And at Science Alert: https://www.sciencealert.com/doctors-report-the-first-known-case-of-a-woman-who-urinates-alcohol Case Study: https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2761824/urinary-auto-brewery-syndrome-case-report 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted February 26, 2020 #2 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Maybe she could capitlize on that by peeing in bottles and selling it as a micro-brew. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted February 26, 2020 #3 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Probably the syndrome has not been diagnosed before because women usually go to the doctor before the yeast infection spreads to other parts of the body. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted February 26, 2020 #4 Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Eldorado said: "A woman has been diagnosed with a never-before-seen condition after doctors discovered she was urinating alcohol – without drinking a single drop. "The unnamed patient, 61, has become the first person in the world to be diagnosed with ‘urinary auto-brewery syndrome’ caused by yeast in her bladder that ferments sugar in her urine to produce alcohol. "The process is almost exactly the same as one used by beer makers – but it was happening in her own body." Full story at the UK Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/25/woman-pees-alcohol-despite-not-drinking-drop-12298016/? And at Science Alert: https://www.sciencealert.com/doctors-report-the-first-known-case-of-a-woman-who-urinates-alcohol Case Study: https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2761824/urinary-auto-brewery-syndrome-case-report I wonder if she works in the sex trade. Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted February 26, 2020 #5 Share Posted February 26, 2020 The modern day Diet has a lot to do with it too... ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeGorilla Posted February 26, 2020 #6 Share Posted February 26, 2020 This is not 'never before seen'. It's quite well known, actually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 26, 2020 #7 Share Posted February 26, 2020 So many replies, Too many Mods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_mc Posted February 26, 2020 #8 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I hope that she will get a pancreas transplant at the same time as the liver transplant so that she doesn't have to have diabetes anymore, at least I know that they often do that with people with diabetes who need to get a kidney transplant due to the diabetes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbondo Posted February 26, 2020 #9 Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Desertrat56 said: Probably the syndrome has not been diagnosed before because women usually go to the doctor before the yeast infection spreads to other parts of the body. Candida glabrata is very common in most people and typically harmless. However, diabetes can cause escalated growth and the carrier in many cases has no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolltide Posted February 26, 2020 #10 Share Posted February 26, 2020 8 hours ago, joc said: Maybe she could capitlize on that by peeing in bottles and selling it as a micro-brew. This has already been done, it's called Bud Light.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted February 26, 2020 #11 Share Posted February 26, 2020 This can only happen in America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llegendary Posted February 27, 2020 #12 Share Posted February 27, 2020 mmmmmm.....p*** tastes like Bud Light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted February 27, 2020 #13 Share Posted February 27, 2020 an alcoholic's dream 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeniel333 Posted February 27, 2020 #14 Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 11:22 AM, Not Your Huckleberry said: This is not 'never before seen'. It's quite well known, actually. Actually, no it's not. What you are thinking of is "Auto-brewery syndrome" which is similar but produces alcohol in the digestive system. This one produces alcohol in the Bladder. Not the same but similar and thus I do understand how you'd think it was well known. You'd be somewhat correct to that degree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted February 27, 2020 #15 Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, jpeniel333 said: Actually, no it's not. What you are thinking of is "Auto-brewery syndrome" which is similar but produces alcohol in the digestive system............ does it mean it enters bloodstream and will be detected by a breathalyzer? decades ago i heard a story about a guy in japan, who had it, no one would hire him, he smelled like morning after heavy drinking. yet he never touched any alcohol Edited February 27, 2020 by aztek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotic Jew Posted February 28, 2020 #16 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Suddenly...I'm very thirsty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted February 28, 2020 #17 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Why is there no barf emoji? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeniel333 Posted March 10, 2020 #18 Share Posted March 10, 2020 On 2/27/2020 at 2:21 PM, aztek said: does it mean it enters bloodstream and will be detected by a breathalyzer? decades ago i heard a story about a guy in japan, who had it, no one would hire him, he smelled like morning after heavy drinking. yet he never touched any alcohol The digestive system is how things get into the blood stream in the first place. Yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneWithAnE Posted March 15, 2020 #19 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Wow. Ok. If I had this condition I'd be bottling it and making a fortune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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