What is the maximum temperature that the human body can withstand?
The human body is 'designed' to maintain an internal temperature close to 37 degrees (one tenth more, one less depending on the person and the context). When the ambient temperature exceeds this figure, our body activates a series of mechanisms (such as sweating or dilating blood vessels) to try to cool off. But what happens when the thermometers soar and we reach extreme heat thresholds? According to a new report from the University of Roehampton (United Kingdom), when the mercury rises above above 40 or 50ºC our body reaches "a critical state" which, in the most extreme cases, can lead…
