Sweating/Shivering...

Philippines
September 10, 2008 8:38am CST
uhm im wondering, what is the scientific explaination on why do people sweat or shiver? can you guys help me out?
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@Margajoe (4746)
• Germany
10 Sep 08
Seems to me that has something to do with the body temperature. And the blood pressure. Take care.
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@tatiana07 (497)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
i don't know the scientific explaination for that but what i will share is my personal experience..sweating is somewhat body's natural way of cooling down as well as its how the body gets rid of excess body heat.we tend to sweat also when we are sick and experiencing stressful situations.. accdording to what i've read shivering is one of the methods that the human body uses to warm itself..we shiver when we're cold maybe because the body can't stand the temperature already..(",)
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@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
10 Sep 08
We sweat as a way to dissapate heat away from the body. Dogs pant to dissapate heat because they don't sweat, and we sweat so this is how our bodies handle it. This is the body's natural defense as temperature regulation. We shiver when we get cold because it's the bodies mechanism to try and keep us warmer. In primative times, as with animals, the 'goosebumps' raise the hairs on our body to make it a sort of thermal layer. (Like a buffer zone to trap the heat in.) Most of us don't have that much hair on our bodies anymore, as we did when humans were more primitive, but the erector muscles that raise the hairs are still there and working. In my personal opinion...they say that we evolve over time to fit in with our environment (as animals do), and it's my belief that since we now live in warm houses, as opposed to caves and a more primitive way of living, that our bodies don't need all that excessive hair to help keep us warm.