Fever

[reising1]

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For a fever, the body needs to compensate for the increased temperature.

So it does at least three things (and please add to this list!)
1. Capillary beds in skin dilate - this allows more heat to escape through the skin
2. Respiration increases - why does this help dissipate heat?
3. Increased fluid loss - why does this help to dissipate heat?

 

[sakabato93]

For a fever, the body needs to compensate for the increased temperature.

So it does at least three things (and please add to this list!)
1. Capillary beds in skin dilate - this allows more heat to escape through the skin
2. Respiration increases - why does this help dissipate heat?
3. Increased fluid loss - why does this help to dissipate heat?

Not sure if this is right... Intuitively, increased respiration will expel large volumes of air that has been warmed due to expose at the alveoli with capillaries. Then increased fluid loss is the same sort of thing; warm fluid is expelled into Bowman's capsule and ultimately excreted.

Simply, large volumes of air/fluid act as large volumes of energy (heat) that can be dissipated.

 

[reising1]

Thanks