if your average body temperature is 37 degrees then why do you feel uncomfortabe when its 37 degrees outside?

Answer 1

37 degrees Celsius (98.6 F) is considered uncomfortably hot to most people? Why? Well I have my own way of explaining it.

Consider a car's engine. It's runs at a very high temperature, which is why air flow and a radiator are very important. A cooler external temperature helps the engine maintain a balanced internal temperature. The human body works in a similar way.

Answer 2

Whilst core body temp is 37 deg C the surface of the skin [which contains the relevant environmental receptors] is considerably cooler. Below 30 deg C.

The body has modified nerve endings designed to recognise heat. One reason for this is to avoid cell damage [i.e., burns]. These nerve fibres send information back to the brain. Heat receptors on nociceptors (pain fibres) fire at 42 deg C which is perceived to be hot enough to cause damage and is therefore sensed as painful.

In addition, at high temperatures the body cannot cool itself adequately and local temperatures may be quite high, above 37. This prevents the correct funtion of enzymes and cellular processes. This might create an unpleasant sensation.

Answer 3

Because we partly rely upon the air being lower than our body temperature for the cooling effect of sweating. At 37ºC we sweat a lot to cool down but as the air outside is the same temperature as the sweat we are exuding, the system doesn't work so well, so we sweat more, and so on. Ever been in the tropics? The sweat never stops...

Answer 4

37 is the temperature INSIDE (roughly, some parts such as inside stomatch or liver are higher).

the body is relatively efficient but not perfect and the wasted energy needs to be released as extra heat.

when the air is at 37 degrees, that cooling process cannot work anymore, at least w/o the help from sweating (because evaporating water requires calories). Which is why it is uncomfortable.

hope this helps

Answer 5

Your body generates a lot of heat. This heat is normally lost as the outside temp is cooler. If it's 37, then the only way you can lose the heat is through perspiration

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Because metabolic processes create heat - when it is 37 degrees outside your body battles to get rid of this heat hence creating discomfort.

Answer 8

Because all movement of inner and outer body activity
generates heat, so the body must discard this added
heat in order to maintain it‘s normal maximum of 37º.
This is done by evaporating the excessive heat away
through perspiration. This sweating makes you feel
uncomfortable.

Answer 9

because body temperature is internal. our outside layer of our skin which is where our sensory nerves are, is not suppose to be 37 degrees so when it is, it feels hot. oh and we are talking celcius

Answer 10

because that is your body temp not your skin temp ..

doing pretty much anything causes you to generate heat if the outside temp is the same as your body temp it makes it harder to loose this heat and keep your body the same.