Submitted by Pheophyting t3_yi3t9o in askscience
bmacnz t1_iujl73x wrote
Reply to comment by 123rune20 in What is the actual mechanism by which the body generates a fever? by Pheophyting
What I mean as external heat source, not just a cause of a fever. An infection is not actually hot itself, your body temp is rising in response to it. In the case of a heatstroke, there's literally heat being added to your system, not just your body responding to stimuli.
It's like with hypothermia, your body isn't cooling down on its own, the freezing air/water is doing it.
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