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Why does putting a sleeping persons hand in water cause them to pee?

Asked by mjoyce (503points) November 12th, 2008
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I am looking for medical reasons that this hilarious prank occurs.

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ArchaicLion's avatar

No one agrees from a medical standpoint as far I’m aware. The argued theory is that it is caused by a nervous system trigger.

I’ve read that immersion diuresis causes it, but wiki disagrees. Most likely it has to do with the parasympathetic nervous system. I could only find one article, not the one I wanted but it works. sort of the same idea

cdwccrn's avatar

why do you want to know?

richardhenry's avatar

@cdwccrn: Hey, I’m interested.

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