Why is the safe/normal temperature range of the human body so limited?

Question

I’ve always been curious about this – I feel like I wouldn’t feel the difference between 37c/98f and 40c/104 if I was sitting in a bath. How come the difference is so significant inside your body?

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Answer 1

Proteins are large, fragile molecules that make things in the human body work. For this reason, they are sometimes called living molecules. Many of them break apart at higher temperatures than, say, 105 -110 degrees Fahrenheit. When this happens, you die.