Overflow incontinence happens when your bladder gets so full that the sphincters are not strong enough to hold back the pressure and you pee yourself. In other words the muscle would give before the bladder ruptures. I came across a thread about Tycho’s death on Reddit and virtually no one was calling bullshit on the story that he died of a burst bladder because he was embarrassed to go to the bathroom during a banquet.
At first I thought this was about Tycho Brahe of Penny Arcade and was genuinely confused for a minute…
Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
The first thing that comes to mind here are prostata problems or kidney stones. While the ring muscles can’t counter the pressure from a full bladder, the other two can seriously obstruct the urinary tract. In case of a kidney stone, it could even be that sharp crystals support or cause a rupture.