During an infection in the body and subsequent fever, do people always break out in a cold sweat?

Question

What is the normal events when someone has a very high fever. Are they always sweaty? Or are they just very hot to the touch, and they can't sweat?
Also, if the person sweats during a fever, when does the sweating start -- before or after the fever breaks. Im not even sure what is meant by a fever break.
Do people sweat profusely in the presence of infection in the body?

This is important for me to know....
Is it possible to be sweating profusely, yet still feel chills? THANKS

And Also......If the person is sweating profusely during the fever....but then suddenly stops sweating and is still ill with infection......is this dangerous? Is it possible for this to happen?

Answer 1

It's simpler than all this.

"Chills" are general muscle contractions that heat the body.
When you have chills your temp is going up.

When you sweat, the temp is coming down.
The sweat is the body's cooling mechanism.
You may feel chilly as the sweat evaporates.
That's how the cooling effect works.

Dehydration could be a problem if the body is trying to cool
and lacks the fluid to produce sweat.
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Answer 2

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Ok, so fevers follow a course generally. When you have an infection, one of your body's mechanisms to ward off the infection is to raise the internal body temperature. This is beneficial because most microorganisms that infect your body can't survive in a higher temperature. Your brain usually keeps your temperature at 98.6 F (like a thermostat). With an infection, your brain will raise this set point and initiate a fever as your body's temperature climbs to reach this new higher temperature. It is at this point that you feel cold and will get chills. This is because your actual body temperature is colder than what your brain has set it at. Eventually your temperature will hit the peak fever temp. and you will begin to feel normal again. When you take medicine or the infection has subsided some, your brain will once again reset your internal body temperature back to normal. It's at this time that you will begin to sweat and feel hot. This is because you know are at a 100-102 F, but your brain is now telling you the normal temperature should be 98.6. The sweating also helps you to dissipate the heat faster. Sorry this is so long. I tried to simplify it as best I could.

Answer 3

No not always a cold sweat your body is trying to kill the virus or germ that has invaded your system .chills are usually caused by nerves being attacked and fighting for your life! There really aren't any normal events since everyone's system is a little different and recovery is somewhat different usually the sweating is caused by your system trying to kill the germ by superheating it, when the fever breaks (starts to drop, your system has beaten the germ and is on the mend )! Also just because there is an infection does not always bring a fever usually in a small infection there is a local temperature increase ,instead of a overall increase!

Answer 4

the body raises its temperature to fight the infection...(makes white blood cells move faster) increase in temperature makes sweat....the chills is how the body raises its temperature...no sweat means your dehydrated....a fever break is when the body gains control of the infection so they dont need the extreme temperature and it instantly decreases (this is the break)...there are different fevers for example Scarlett fever (which my daughter had last month and was cured by antibiotics) the body temp sky rockets and the skin turns red....with this fever you CANNOT give a fever reducer of any kind...sux....a normal fever is a way the body fights the infection unless its caused by a viral infection then you MUST get extra help to the body (Antibiotics) or you will have a temp forever... try this website to read about any more medical questions you may have www.webmd.com ...we cant all be a nuclear medical specialist but i hope this helped a little in a vague understanding...

Answer 5

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Answer 7

Yes