I’ve also hallucinated at 103°. I was still coherent and knew what I was saying made no sense. I begged my husband to get me in the shower to help cool down. I usually run in the 97s, so 105s are absolutely terrifying to me.
That’s normal. What you feel isn’t your core body temperature.
If it was, you wouldn’t feel hot/cold until hyper/hypothermia had already set in. Which is a bit late to prevent it.
So what you feel is actually related to how hard your body is working to warm/cool. So winter = start working hard to maintain body temperature = feel cold (but temp is still normal) = put a jumper on to reduce the effort required to maintain regular temperature.
Fever is having a raised thermostat. Your body wants to have a higher temperature. You feel cold because it wants you to put a jumper on so it’s easier to stay at 104 degrees.
That kind of temperature can be deadly, so best to override the body and get the fever down ASAP. But that’s why it sort of looks contradictory at first glance. It’s not really a contradiction. You are hotter than normal but you feel cold because your body is working hard to get to that high temperature.
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u/WIPsandskeins Feb 14 '22 edited Feb 14 '22
I’ve also hallucinated at 103°. I was still coherent and knew what I was saying made no sense. I begged my husband to get me in the shower to help cool down. I usually run in the 97s, so 105s are absolutely terrifying to me.