Why does the cold make us need to pee?

Nov 16, 2025 5 min

About this episode

We've all experienced it: the sudden urge to pee when it's cold is a common thing. This connection was supposedly discovered by Austrian physician Alfred Adler back in 1918. His experiment involved injecting cold water into a bladder to see how the body reacts. You might think it caused the kidneys to contract, but that's not the case... What did Adler discover then? Are there other factors explaining the link between the bladder and cold? What can you do if you struggle to hold it in? To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: ⁠What is the influence of the God complex in the workplace?⁠ ⁠Why is panto a Christmas tradition in the UK?⁠ ⁠Why are some kinds of fruit not considered vegan?⁠ A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. First Broadcast: 17/12/2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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