• Question: Why is pee warm ? :L Sorry Being Serious

    Asked by missberney to Hywel, Joseph, Patience, Poonam, Rachael on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Joseph Cook

      Joseph Cook answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Your core body temperature should be around 37°C. Your internal organs need to be around this temperature in order to function properly. Your skin is likely to be cooler though as it’s less important to maintain it at 37°C. Your pee is stored in your bladder, inside your body, and so should be somewhere around 37°C, so it’s warmer than your skin. So by comparison it seems warm when it exits your body.

    • Photo: Poonam Kaushik

      Poonam Kaushik answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Because that is the temperature of inside of body! n outside it is cold in comparison to inside temperature. so it feels to b warm!

    • Photo: Dr Hywel Jones

      Dr Hywel Jones answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      This is a simple one really, Pee is at your body temperature because it has been inside you for ages. You only think it is warmer than you because you skin is at a slightly lower temperature than your insides. If you could feel inside yourself (gross) you would feel warm but again that’s only because your skin is cooler than your core temperature.

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