sweating out a fever sounds about as crazy as cutting your hair on a full moon to make it grow faster. where do people come up with this suff?? is there any truth to sweating out a fever?? i would have to see proof.
2006-12-14 13:54:01 · 6 answers · asked by highcap10 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The trick is that you're not actually sweating out the fever, but rather sweating out the cause of the fever. Many bacteria and viruses die at higher than normal body temperatures (which is why you have the fever in the first place. Your body is trying to use its own heat to kill off the invading organisms). If you increase your body heat enough that you are sweating, you will be killing off those organisms faster than you would otherwise. This is also the idea behind giving someone with a cold hot chicken soup. The chicken soup itself is not important, it's just important that you put something hot down your throat to kill off the junk that's living down there.
2006-12-14 13:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by Peeps 3 · 10⤊ 2⤋
It's not crap, a fever is the body's natural response to fighting infection- like Peeps said. It's called "spiking" a fever, getting in a hot bath, or etc., in order to raise body temp. Sweating is the result, but you aren't sweating the fever, you are fighting the infection.
2006-12-14 14:06:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it depends on what is causing your fever. Sometimes, I drink a ton of water and then a couple shots of tea/lemon/whiskey concoction and put on a coupel sweatshirts and a ton of blankets and go to bed. I usually wake up in the middle of the night sweating like the pacific ocean. But the fever is gone. Other times, it doesn't work.
2006-12-14 13:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by MrWiz 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2017-02-10 08:13:23 · answer #4 · answered by Carl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋