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What Causes Sweating When Body Temperature Is Coming Down?
hi i have what the dr said was bronchitus bad fever high tempreture sore throat caugthing up horrid brown mucus but he said with the tempreture it could be as well flu i feel better now and my tempreture is coming down but now i am sweating but i dont feel hot why is this ?? is it ok ? i am taking paracetamol and antibiotics for the chest infection
Fri, 6 Jun 2014
hello, welocome to healthcare magic. when we have fever, the body sets its thermostatic center to high temperature so that our body temperature increases. when one takes paracetamol for fever, this center sets the temperature to normal. then the body activates the sweating so as to lose the body heat through the sweat. so the temperature is actually reducing because of sweating. it is normal. hope you found this info useful
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