# Sweat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat/186613>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 6, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat/186613 "2003-07-06T20:15:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![FISH9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@FISH9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FISH9)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat/186613/1 "2003-07-06T20:15:42Z")

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Why do I sweat after I drink room-temperature water? I mean, heck, I can vaguely understand that I would sweat after an ice-cold drink, but why after room-temperature water?  
Thanks for your advice, Doc!  
FISH9