if fever rise one’s body temperature, how come when one take a room temperature shower one will feel extremely cold, shouldn’t the water neutralise the heat?
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What you are feeling, is the temperature differential. A bit like how when you touch a tub of ice cream while having a heatstroke in the summer, you feel your hand as “being cold”, but applied to the entire body instead.
Our bodies run around 98ish degrees on average so room temp (60-70 degrees) would feel cold to the touch
What you are feeling, is the temperature differential. A bit like how when you touch a tub of ice cream while having a heatstroke in the summer, you feel your hand as “being cold”, but applied to the entire body instead.
What you are feeling, is the temperature differential. A bit like how when you touch a tub of ice cream while having a heatstroke in the summer, you feel your hand as “being cold”, but applied to the entire body instead.
Our bodies run around 98ish degrees on average so room temp (60-70 degrees) would feel cold to the touch
Our bodies run around 98ish degrees on average so room temp (60-70 degrees) would feel cold to the touch
The heat transfer rate between the person and the object makes a person feel hot or cold. One factor affecting the rate of heat transfer is temperature differential, and since a fever makes the body’s temperature rise, room temperature water will feel colder.
The heat transfer rate between the person and the object makes a person feel hot or cold. One factor affecting the rate of heat transfer is temperature differential, and since a fever makes the body’s temperature rise, room temperature water will feel colder.
The heat transfer rate between the person and the object makes a person feel hot or cold. One factor affecting the rate of heat transfer is temperature differential, and since a fever makes the body’s temperature rise, room temperature water will feel colder.
A fever is your body’s attempt to help kill a pathogen by raising your body heat.
The thermostat in your house is set to keep your home in a certain heat range. Mine is set to 65-72 degrees. When it falls below that heat range it kicks on the heater. When it gets too far above that heat range it kicks on the AC. I could if I wanted set it to 75-85. Then it will kick on the heater when it is 73 even when previously that temperature was considered too hot.
When something that would normally feel room temperature feels too cold when you have a fever, that’s your body’s way of raising your body heat to the new hotter temperature it’s looking for.
Yes, the room temperature is neutralizing the heat. That’s the problem as far as your body is concerned. It’s telling you “That’s too cold!” to motivate you to get out of that room temperature water and some place more warm so it can continue to try and cook off whatever is infecting you.
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