Full bladder reduces attention span

• April 18, 2024

The bladder is an organ that is located in the lower part of the abdomen . According to the latest research of the Nobel Prize Ig 2011 of Medicine , Peter Snyder, it was discovered that a bladder full reduces the level of Attention and the ability to make decisions.

For this reason, they assure that driving a vehicle with the need to urinate should be a crime, because the effects are similar to those generated by the consumption of alcoholic beverages or by having 24 hours without sleep.

The expert says that this condition is a form of "low cost and low risk" of causing pain, but can be easily cured by going to the bathroom.

Peter Snyder says the research, conducted with scientists at Australian universities, was fun. Even an unofficial champion of urine retention was crowned, resisting more time before his bladder exploded.

What is the function of the bladder?

It is responsible for storing the urine generated by the kidney, with a physiological capacity of 350 cubic centimeters.

Some conditions that affect its function are: infections, urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis and bladder cancer, which are detected through urine tests, x-rays and tests of the wall with an instrument called a cystoscope.