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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: neilep on 19/07/2007 11:50:49

Title: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: neilep on 19/07/2007 11:50:49: I am sorry...I do not mean to maintain a ' scat-theme ' but this is a genuine question I have reserved to ask whilst I was away.

I did a bad thing !..I had a cigarette !..it was not nice !...but why did it make me want to go to the loo (for No 2's)..

You'll be pleased to know my hard core addiction of having two cigarettes is over !..that was a short habit !!

The second ciggy (the next day) had the same result !!

Why does it do this ?
Title: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 12:04:16: Perhaps your stomach has been sensitized after being Nicotene free! Maybe having the two again just simply upset the clean system and irritated it! Perhaps it is all in your head..LOL or in your intestines..LOL Your body is talking to you and you should listen!
Title: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: neilep on 19/07/2007 12:10:27: Quote from: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 12:04:16
Perhaps your stomach has been sensitized after being Nicotene free! Maybe having the two again just simply upset the clean system and irritated it! Perhaps it is all in your head..LOL or in your intestines..LOL Your body is talking to you and you should listen!

THANK EWE KAREN MAM...is it worth noting that I have never been a smoker of ciggys...never had a habit thankfully....

Gosh I'm boring..I don't drink and I don't smoke !!
Title: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: another_someone on 19/07/2007 12:12:37: Cannot say that I had heard this reaction before, but I might think it was somehow related to the reported tendency of cigarette smoking in maintaining low weight, and possibly curtailing hunger. Maybe one effect of smoking is to that your intestines cannot hold food (I don't know if nicotine is involved in a fight or flight reaction - i.e. when an animal might defecate in response to fear).
Title: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 12:16:46: Quote from: neilep on 19/07/2007 12:10:27
Quote from: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 12:04:16
Perhaps your stomach has been sensitized after being Nicotine free! Maybe having the two again just simply upset the clean system and irritated it! Perhaps it is all in your head..LOL or in your intestines..LOL Your body is talking to you and you should listen!

THANK EWE KAREN MAM...is it worth noting that I have never been a smoker of ciggys...never had a habit thankfully....

Gosh I'm boring..I don't drink and I don't smoke !!
I just read a few articles and it says that cigarettes can upset ones stomach because it can cause the stomach to produce too much stomach acid! Producing diarrhea etc.
Title: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 12:18:48: Quote from: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 12:16:46
Quote from: neilep on 19/07/2007 12:10:27
Quote from: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 12:04:16
Perhaps your stomach has been sensitized after being Nicotine free! Maybe having the two again just simply upset the clean system and irritated it! Perhaps it is all in your head..LOL or in your intestines..LOL Your body is talking to you and you should listen!

THANK EWE KAREN MAM...is it worth noting that I have never been a smoker of ciggys...never had a habit thankfully....

Gosh I'm boring..I don't drink and I don't smoke !!
I just read a few articles and it says that cigarettes can upset ones stomach because it can cause the stomach to produce too much stomach acid! Producing diarrhea etc.

Your not boring your smart. I am glad your stomach was talking to you! LOL
Title: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: paul.fr on 19/07/2007 19:04:01: Because cigarettes have a mild diuretic effect. This is why some smokers have their first cigarette of the day whilst on the loo. Honest, it's true.
Title: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 19:38:34: Yes I believe that is the truth from the reading I have done..
Title: Re: Why Does Smoking A Cigarette Invite A Visit To The Loo ?
Post by: kdlynn on 20/07/2007 04:35:05: yes, it's true. not all the time, but every now and then it seems to speed up the uh... urge to go. coffee and a cigarette is even worse!