Urolagnia (also known as urophilia) is a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to urine. Paraphilia (in Greek para παρά = over and -philia φιλία = friendship) is a mental health term recently used to indicate sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity. ... Urine is liquid waste excreted by the kidneys and eventually expelled from the body in a process known as urination. ...

People with urolagnia often like to urinate in public, or urinate on, or be urinated on by other people, and may drink the urine. The consumption of urine is urophagia. Some like to watch others doing these things. These activities are often described by the euphemisms "golden showers" or "watersports" (which should not be confused with water sports). Urination, also called micturition, is the process of disposing urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. ... A euphemism is a word or phrase used in place of a term that originally could not be spoken aloud (see taboo) or, by extension, terms which the speaker considers to be disagreeable or offensive. ... A water sport is a form of recreation where water (other than drinking water) is an essential aspect of the activity. ...

As a sexual fetish, urine may be consumed or the person may bathe oneself in it. Other variations include arousal from wetting or seeing someone else wet their pants or underclothes, or wetting the bed. For some individuals the phenomenon may include a diaper fetish and/or arousal from infantilism. Watersports may also be used in a BDSM scene as a form of humiliation, sometimes involving desperation until incontinence or infantilization, sometimes physical humiliation associated with being urinated on or pressured to consume urine. Human sexuality is the expression of sexual feelings. ... This article concerns the concept of fetishism in anthropology. ... Bedwetting (or enuresis) is involuntary urination while asleep in bed. ... This article is about the garment. ... Adult Infantilist Infantilism (paraphilic) is a certain psychological condition experienced by those whose level of physical maturity has clearly progressed beyond the life-stage of infancy. ... A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. ... Humiliation is literally the act of being made humble, or reduced in standing or prestige. ... The word incontinence has several distinct meanings: urinary incontinence is the inability to control urination fecal incontinence is the inability to control defecation the word incontinence can also be used to mean a lack of self-control governing morality. ...

In contrast to practices such as coprophagia, urolagnia is generally considered harmless, as the urine of healthy individuals is sterile. However, a small risk exists if there is disease present, or bacterial infection of the urethra. There may also be secondary effects, such as skin rashes in individuals sensitive to urine. Coprophagia is the consumption of feces. ... Sterility is the quality or state of being unable to reproduce. ... Infection is also the title of an episode of the television series Babylon 5; see Infection (Babylon 5). ... Male anatomy Female anatomy In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. ... For the manga by Tsukasa Hôjô, see Rash. ...

In the absence of STDs, urine is generally safe to drink in small quantities. The main dangers are the high salt and mineral content. The high salt content usually does not pose a problem if the urine is sufficiently diluted and not consumed in mass quantities. One may also wish to drink some water after consuming urine in order to mitigate the effect of the high salt. The person whose urine will be consumed may also wish to drink some water (or diet soda, see below) several hours before the act in order to dilute the urine. STD is an abbreviation used in several different contexts that stand for different terms. ... In chemistry, salt is a general term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ... Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ...

Since artificial sweeteners are excreted in urine, consuming artificial sweetener before urine play can lend a sweet taste to the urine. Drinking diet soda, or other beverages containing artifical sweetener, before urine play will have the dual effect of diluting the urine and sweetening it. However, if you taste sugar in you or your partner's urine and you or your partner have not consumed artificial sweetener, this may be a sign of diabetes and you should see a doctor. A sweetener is a food additive which adds the basic taste of sweetness to a food. ... A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alter the flavor and properties (mouthfeel, preservation, texture) of beverages and food. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ...

The participants should use caution or avoid drinking urine if one or both of them are taking vitamin or mineral supplements or medication, since many of these are excreted in urine. Vitamins are organic chemicals that a given living organism requires in trace quantities for good health, but which the organism cannot synthesize, and therefore must obtain from its diet. ...

Urolagnia is sometimes associated with, or confused with, a sexual attraction to someone experiencing the discomfort or pain of a full bladder, a sadomasochistic inclination. The interior of bladder. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ...

Other practices

Some people drink large quantities of their own urine as part of what they consider to be alternative medicine. This is generally not considered to be urolagnia. Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of, or in addition to, conventional medical treatments. ...

Other mammals

Male porcupines use urine to soften the females' quills before mating. Male elephants urinate on themselves, and roll in urine-filled mud as a method of attracting females. Genera Family Erethizontidae   Coendou   Sphiggurus   Erethizon   Echinoprocta Family Hystricidae   Atherurus   Hystrix   Thecurus   Trichys The porcupine is a rodent known for its coat of sharp spines, or quills that defend it from predators. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephantidae (the elephants) is the only extant family in the order Proboscidea. ... Urine is liquid waste excreted by the kidneys and eventually expelled from the body in a process known as urination. ...

See also

• Coprolagnia / Coprophilia

Coprolagnia is sexual arousal that is produced by the thought or sight of feces, akin to coprophilia. ... Coprophilia, also known as fecophilia, is a paraphilia consisting of the condition of feeling sexual excitement focused on feces, often in conjunction with BDSM or infantilism. ...

External links

• Hepatitis C and Watersports (urine) (http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Archive/Hepatitis/Q9221.html)
• Watersports for HIV+ people (http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Archive/TransmissionNon/Q134792.html)
• Watersports Resources (http://www.wetset.net/)