Why do we wee more when it's cold?

[boxtops]

?

[NazNomad]

... maybe because we're not sweating and need to lose that moisture elsewhere?

[ttfn]

lord above knows boxy, but I missed out the diuretic today - I am not that much of a masochist ;o)

[Answerprancer]

Because a good deal of bodily waste fluid is sweated out in warmer weather.

[boxtops]

Hhhmm, sweat and wee have few similarities (apart from wet...)?

[ttfn]

Nah boxy - just think of it as using a different door to exit your home according to your mood

[anneasquith]

ttf, no diuretic,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,im reporting you to your gp,,,,,,have you not heard ofd tena,lady ?

[ttfn]

Indeed anne - but there is a recession on you know ;o) Diuretics are easy to miss - they are only wee pills, everything else is at least twice their size. boom boom

[kawakiri]

COLD DIURESIS (frequent urination)

When you feel cold and have cold feet and hands do you have frequent toilet visits? Why? The body protects vital organs from cooling by reducing the blood flow to the outer layers of the body. More warm blood is kept in and around the body’s core, increasing the volume and pressure at the same time. Unfortunately, the brain may perceive this as an unnecessary increase. It instructs the kidneys to extract some of the fluids from the blood and shed it as urine.

[boxtops]

Thank you kawakiri, that explains it!

[Hopkirk]

It's annoying that in the summer I can usually sleep through, but in the winter I have to get up for a pee at least once every night.

[ttfn]

Hmmmm - just thought, my tinnitus relaxer plays the sound of water, shoreline, waterfall, tropical rain storms etc. I just thought there was a 'flaw' in my pelvic exercises!