During much of my medical career, my understanding of the human bladder was that it was a reservoir for the body’s metabolic waste and that it simply stores #urine until it signals a sense of fullness to motivate volitional voiding. As filling increases tissue distension, intensity of desire to void increases accordingly. Throughout most of the day, the bladder just passively fills. How reassuringly simple! I also understood that bladders, and mostly of females, are very vu

Unconscious bias is a systematic cognitive error in decision-making, about which the decision-maker is unaware. Unconscious bias against #bladders is common, especially infected ones. Compared to other organs, progress in #cystitis management has barely changed for ~ ¾ of a century, despite incidences increasing, recurrences abounding, and AMR becoming more pervasive, because of antiquated, flawed and haphazard treatments. We challenge “haphazard” through #antibioticsteward