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If you run hotter, wouldn't you feel less hot? Since your normal temperature would be that much higher than the ambient temperature. At least, when I have a fev

If you run hotter, wouldn't you feel less hot? Since your normal temperature would be that much higher than the ambient temperature. At least, when I have a fever I feel cold, even though I'm hot.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
Speaking anecdotally, my body temperature tends to run above average and I have a body that is shit at throwing off heat. I have dark skin yet still managed to get sun stroke earlier this week in the Mediterranean because my biology prefers me lightheaded than sweating. Morning run in the snow and t-shirt, on the other hand? Easy peasy.
JacobThreeThree 4y ago
It seems like the study used metabolic rate (energy/time unit) and thyroid activity, not body temperature. That being said, metabolic rate probably correlates with body temperature, but that's not clear. What's interesting is that these people kept a high metabolic rate while doing less activity. It's almost like, if you rest more, your body will have the energy to increase its metabolic rate, or it could be totally physiological and it depends on the person.
derefr 4y ago
Feeling cold in a fever is a specific lie your brain tells your body, to trigger shivering, so that your skeletal muscle will help to heat you up even faster. Usually, when you're hot, you feel hot.
melenaboija 4y ago
I am not sure that is true, at least from my experience. As the GP I get hot during the night and my wife is freezing, and although I have never measured my body temp my wife always says that she can feel how my body can irradiate heat. At the beginning I thought she was joking but after many years and empirical testing (when she says she can feel heat I am hot) I feel it is true. And this always happens if I ingest carbs for dinner, always. About what you say, I am not sure the brain processes that it feels hot because the temperature from outside of your body is higher than yours but because your body is actually hotter than usual and one of the reasons could be because the environment temp is actually heating up your body. But I am not a neurologist or even close so I may be completely wrong.
xeromal 4y ago
Not sure why, but the fever thing is special I think. A common symptom of the flu is chills even though your body is at scorching temps. I "run hot" as my partner says. She'll touch my arm and it boggles her mind how hot I feel. I have to keep my room at 67F at night or I can't even use blankets. My sleep suffers from how hot I run. I don't feel cold in the least.
- treeman79 4y ago
  Could be food related. Feeling hot stopped when I did an elimination diet. Basically my body was constantly reacting to food. Eventually diagnosed with an autoimmune condition. Food is one of the primary ways I keep it under control.
  - xeromal 4y ago
    I should try that, but I honestly don't mind running hot. I think it's partially sex-related too. I don't have any studies on hand, but from my personal experience, females tend to run colder than males. (Obviously this isn't for every case).

If you run hotter, wouldn't you feel less hot? Since your normal temperature would be that much higher than the ambient temperature. At least, when I have a fever I feel cold, even though I'm hot.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago

Speaking anecdotally, my body temperature tends to run above average and I have a body that is shit at throwing off heat. I have dark skin yet still managed to get sun stroke earlier this week in the Mediterranean because my biology prefers me lightheaded than sweating. Morning run in the snow and t-shirt, on the other hand? Easy peasy.

JacobThreeThree 4y ago

It seems like the study used metabolic rate (energy/time unit) and thyroid activity, not body temperature. That being said, metabolic rate probably correlates with body temperature, but that's not clear. What's interesting is that these people kept a high metabolic rate while doing less activity. It's almost like, if you rest more, your body will have the energy to increase its metabolic rate, or it could be totally physiological and it depends on the person.

derefr 4y ago

Feeling cold in a fever is a specific lie your brain tells your body, to trigger shivering, so that your skeletal muscle will help to heat you up even faster. Usually, when you're hot, you feel hot.

melenaboija 4y ago

I am not sure that is true, at least from my experience. As the GP I get hot during the night and my wife is freezing, and although I have never measured my body temp my wife always says that she can feel how my body can irradiate heat. At the beginning I thought she was joking but after many years and empirical testing (when she says she can feel heat I am hot) I feel it is true. And this always happens if I ingest carbs for dinner, always. About what you say, I am not sure the brain processes that it feels hot because the temperature from outside of your body is higher than yours but because your body is actually hotter than usual and one of the reasons could be because the environment temp is actually heating up your body. But I am not a neurologist or even close so I may be completely wrong.

xeromal 4y ago

Not sure why, but the fever thing is special I think. A common symptom of the flu is chills even though your body is at scorching temps. I "run hot" as my partner says. She'll touch my arm and it boggles her mind how hot I feel. I have to keep my room at 67F at night or I can't even use blankets. My sleep suffers from how hot I run. I don't feel cold in the least.

treeman79 4y ago
Could be food related. Feeling hot stopped when I did an elimination diet. Basically my body was constantly reacting to food. Eventually diagnosed with an autoimmune condition. Food is one of the primary ways I keep it under control.
- xeromal 4y ago
  I should try that, but I honestly don't mind running hot. I think it's partially sex-related too. I don't have any studies on hand, but from my personal experience, females tend to run colder than males. (Obviously this isn't for every case).