(EN) The present invention pertains to an absorber (11) for absorbing bodily fluids, the absorber characterized by comprising a polymer absorbent provided with a continuous skeleton and continuous pores, the polymer absorbent being a hydrolysate of a crosslinked polymer of a (meth)acrylic acid ester and a compound containing two or more vinyl groups per molecule, and the polymer absorbent containing at least one COONa group. Fig. 3
