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Fever Accompanied Sweating Explain Effect Body Suggest Shivering

Sweating cools the blood as it evaporates, due to water's high latent heat of vaporization. Shivering happens because the body is trying to raise its temperature.

La transpiración enfría la sangre al evaporarse, ya que el agua tiene un alto calor latente de vaporización. El escalofrío ocurre porque el cuerpo intenta aumentar su temperatura.

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Fever is accompanied by sweating.
Explain the effect that this sweating will have on the body.

Suggest why shivering occurs during fever.
Back when it evaporates from skins surface, cools blood below it as water has high latent heat of vaporisation

wants to raise body temp

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