Can common cold cause frequent urination

You’re taking a stroll through the park on a cold winter’s morning, when it hits you – the need to find a bathroom, and quick! This didn’t used to happen in summer.

Is there something about winter that makes us need to pee more?

We study the bladder and lower urinary tract.

Here are two main explanations for what’s going on.

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Why do we urinate more in winter than summer

And when should I be worried?

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1. Our lifestyle changes

In summer, we tend to be outside and more active. We sweat more (to lose heat) and it’s easy to become dehydrated if we don’t drink enough water.

This impacts the amount of free fluid our body is willing to excrete, and our urine volume is often reduced because of this.

In winter, we’re often indoors, around water sources, so we are more likely to be hydrated, less active, and to sweat less.

As such, we tend to have more free fluid to excrete via our urine.

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2.

Our body wants to avoid losing too much heat

If we become cold ver

peeing often in cold weather

peeing frequently in cold weather