If our body temperature is normally 98.6 degrees, how come when it's 98 degrees outside, no one is comfortable

Answer 1

When your body burns carbohydrates, fat and protein to create energy the energy transfer from carbs to ATP and carbon dioxide is not perfect, and the difference in energy is given off as heat. All the cells in your body have a baseline level of this going on at all times (and it increases when you are moving more doing exercise), creating a baseline level of heat that is created inside your body at all times. It turns out that when the body is doing this and isn't doing anything else to regulate its temperature (sweating, shivering, etc) it is giving off enough heat to stay at 98.6 degrees if the external environment is room temperature, which is well below body temperature. When the external environment is very hot the body does not give off as much heat (like an ice cube doesn't melt when it is floating in water that is at the freezing point), causing us to do things to try and lower our temp, such as moving more blood to the surface, which is not comfortable.

Answer 2

The body heats itself to 98.6 (more or less for most of us), and it keeps generating that much heat. If the environment is also 98.6, the heat has nowhere to go, and your temperature will rise.

Actually, the problem is not the temperature in most cases, it's the humidity. If the air is dry, even if the temperature is over 100, the sweat evaporating will keep your body at 98.6. If humidity keeps your body from dumping the heat, you feel very uncomfortable, and can suffer serious health problems.

Answer 3

Because your body is exothermic. That means it generates extra heat. It needs an environment that is cooler than 98.6 to be able to lose heat. It compensates by sweating, and the evaporation works to remove heat, especially when it is hotter outside.

Answer 4

because with heat typically comes humidity, and then you get in to the heat index. Typically, when the temperature is 98 degrees, the heat index is around 110.

Answer 5

It is natural thing and we can't undone it.If we use latest technologies (Internal Body Configuration) to facilitate our body in both types of extreme climates,we will face several evolutionary problems. So Be What You Are.OK

Answer 6

Because nobody lives in that kind of temperature. If you always lived at 98degrees then I'm sure you wouldn't mind it.

Answer 7

Good question. I was wondering that myself the other day. When YOU find out let me know.

Answer 8

I think it is because it is like walking around inside your own guts and no one likes that but weirdos.

Answer 9

you are a very deep person. excuse me while i fall on the floor laughing.

Answer 10

that is the dumbest question ever