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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Carlos Salazar Boychev on 02/06/2008 18:34:34

Title: Why does sitting on a cold surface make my buttocks itch?
Post by: Carlos Salazar Boychev on 02/06/2008 18:34:34

Carlos Salazar Boychev asked the Naked Scientists:

Why does the skin on your buttocks get painfully itchy when you sit on some cold surfaces, like ivory or rocky floors, with pants on, of course, but it doesn't when you sit on wood or other materials? Why does this happen?

What do you think?

Title: Why does sitting on a cold surface make my buttocks itch?
Post by: qazibasit on 09/06/2008 20:27:36

well when u sit on a cold surface then vasoconstriction occurs and this impairs the blood flow and this causes ischemia and pain.