Answer to why the cold weather makes us worse!

Julie B

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Answer to why the cold weather makes us worse!

01-05-2001, 09:51 AM

I had a visit with one of my doctors yesterday and asked her about this....here is the SCIENTIFIC answer.....

Cold weather = increase in stress hormone release = increase in bladder pain....

yes, yes yes...and hot weather can do the same thing....

Julie Beyer, MA, RDN
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MelanieJ

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01-05-2001, 10:07 AM

WOW! Thanks for the info, Julie! Interesting...

"The sun shines not on us, but in us." John Muir

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