When one does a strenuous activity, the body heats up and to cool off one sweats. When one is running a fever, one’s body does not cool off on it’s own in a similar manner. Why is that?
In: Biology
When exercising, there’s usually airflow around, and it’s the air that moves the water droplets and heat away from your body.
When you have a fever, you’re usually in bed or stationary, so the sweat just sits there and doesn’t help as much
Our bodies create warmth with our muscles. Using your muscles strenuously creates more heat and you get hotter than if you’re not doing much.
A fever is an immune response you can’t control. Your immune system causes your muscles to twitch (shivering), creating heat. You can sweat during a fever.
The body does try to cool off, that is why you sweat when you have fever. Heat isnt the imminent danger when you have fever, it is dehydration. Always drink lots of water when you have fever.
When you have a fever, the body does try to cool off, that’s why feverish people are sweating so much, but the ammount of heat produced by body can exceed body’s ability to cool off.
Think of it like turning up the thermostat in your house.
If you’re exercising, your body’s heating up, but it wants to be cool, so it sweats. When you’re running a fever, it’s because your body wants to be hot, so sweating to cool off would be counterproductive.
The body is deliberately trying to raise the “standard” body temperature, so doesn’t want to cool off as it is trying to “cook” the bad bacteria that is attacking your body.
Latest Answers