A US woman can naturally urinate alcohol due to an arguably fortunate medical phenomenon. Medics say the 61-year-old from Pennsylvania has a unique condition that means alcohol naturally brews in her bladder due to the fermentation of yeast. Experts say they will call the condition “bladder fermentation syndrome” or “urinary auto-brewery syndrome”.
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