MadSci Network: Immunology |
I suppose that the question regards those situations when we sweat, and we are healthy. In such situations, I wouldn’t say that rather small differences that we all have in the number of red or white blood cells could be responsible for the dissimilarity in the amount of sweat that we produce. The disparity is more likely the consequence of different metabolic regulation that exists among individuals. So, people who sweat more have bodies that differently accommodate to extra-warm situations than people who sweat less.
The other thing is when we are ill. Because of the activity of our white blood cells, our brain and the rest of our body make a decision to raise temperature, induce sweating, and therefore release of some toxins from our body. But this elevation of the body temperature has more pronounced meaning for the defense against microbes and others, than just sweating induction.
Additional data:
http://www.answers.com/topic/fever
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3425
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