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?

Question

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

Answer 1

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.