Peeing and Scuba Diving

[Wetnurse28]

This is strange topic but for some reason while diving I feel like I have just taken Lasix. I urinate it seems every hour.

I have not changed any habits.

GONNA MAKE SURE MY DRY SUIT COMES WITH A PEE VALVE!!!

[reactive]

DAN Divers Alert Network : Immersion Diuresis (Urge to Urinate)

[Vercingetorix]

Ahh...but there's nothing like that warm, comforting feeling when peeing in a wetsuit in 60+ degree water.

Two rules:
1) Pee in the wetsuit, spit in the mask. Not vice versa
2) Do not pee in the wetsuit before entering or after exiting.

[mitsuguy]

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

Ahh...but there's nothing like that warm, comforting feeling when peeing in a wetsuit in 60+ degree water.

Two rules:
1) Pee in the wetsuit, spit in the mask. Not vice versa
2) Do not pee in the wetsuit before entering or after exiting.

this is kinda related...

if you know you have peed in the wetsuit, please before you get out of the water, open the neck seal and take in as much water as possible, a couple times, to flush it out - there is nothing worse than sitting in a car with someone who still smells like pee...

[thesmoothdome]

Originally Posted by Wetnurse28

This is strange topic but for some reason while diving I feel like I have just taken Lasix. I urinate it seems every hour.

I have not changed any habits.

GONNA MAKE SURE MY DRY SUIT COMES WITH A PEE VALVE!!!

The good news is that you'll find your urge to pee lessened in a dry suit.

[jj1987]

Originally Posted by thesmoothdome

The good news is that you'll find your urge to pee lessened in a dry suit.

Yup, unless I'm going to be in the water for 4+hours in a day, or a dive will be longer than an hour, I don't even "hook up" my pee valve.

[wgt]

Originally Posted by Wetnurse28

This is strange topic but for some reason while diving I feel like I have just taken Lasix. I urinate it seems every hour.

I have not changed any habits.

GONNA MAKE SURE MY DRY SUIT COMES WITH A PEE VALVE!!!

Thesmoothdome is correct.

As the immersion-induced diuresis reflects constriction of peripheral blood vessels in reaction to the cooling effects of the water, you may actually find that the dry suit will offer some protection against the urinary phenomenon. Warmer skin means less constriction of peripheral blood vessels. Less constriction of peripheral blood vessels means less fluid being redirected to the larger central blood vessels. Less fluid in the larger central blood vessels means less urinary output. Less urinary output means happy diving.

[cummings66]

I find I need to pee more in a drysuit than in a wetsuit. I don't know why but it is true for me and I added a P-Valve for that. In fact, I'll often pee 2 or 3 times during a dive just because I can.

For right now it may be because of pressure. I have a "boggy prostate" that I'm being treated for at the moment and I wonder if it somehow reacts to pressure and releases it's grip allowing me to pee easier? At any rate, I find it easier to pee in the water than on land right now and the P-Valve makes me so much more happy. No more worry about stinking wetsuits, etc.

[DaneMeyer20]

I can honestly say i have never even seen anyone in a dry suit, how does the pee valve work?

[DollFin]

Gee, we just don't seem to have enough threads about peeing here. LOL!!!