Question

If your body temperature increases (you get hot), what happens to your rate of perspiration? Do you sweat more or less?

Answer 1

If your body temperature increases and you get hot, your rate of perspiration typically increases. Sweating is your body's natural mechanism to cool down. When your sweat glands produce more sweat, the evaporation of this sweat from your skin helps to dissipate heat and lowers your body temperature. Therefore, you sweat more when you are hot.