what happens when a fever ‘breaks’? What’s with the grand finale of sweat

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what happens when a fever ‘breaks’? What’s with the grand finale of sweat

In: Biology

Answer 1

It’s essentially your body trying to return to normal temperature. The sweat cools your body down as it evaporates (carries heat with it). As for “what happens”, many things, including reducing inflammation responses, a decrease in some types of white blood cell count etc.