• Question: Does your body temperature change when we sleep?

    Asked by anon-189216 to Yousef, Rachel, Petrina, Michael, Jason, Emma on 9 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Yousef Alqurashi

      Yousef Alqurashi answered on 9 Nov 2018:

      Yes, it goes gradually down until it reach 1 degree below the normal body temperature. This happened to help you fall asleep and maintain sleep.

    • Photo: Mike Ambler

      Mike Ambler answered on 12 Nov 2018:

      Yes it does, in fact there is some evidence that during REM sleep we stop shivering if it is cold or sweating if it is hot, and so we are less able to control our body temperature during this period of sleep.

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