What causes goose pimples?
A skin covered with goose pimples is very uncomfortable, for the owner of the bumpy skin is either very cold or very, very scared. However, the attack is no cause for alarm. In fact, it is one of the body’s built in tricks to keep itself warm and when the shivering patient gets over that chilly feeling, the bumpy goose pimples disappear. The human body is crammed full of tricks to keep itself in good running condition. Many of these operations are automatic, working without orders from the conscious mind. It has a series of devices to keep its temperature within the normal range of 97 to 99 Fahrenheit degrees. These temperature controlling operations are automatic and one of them calls forth a bumpy rash of goose pimples to help return the heating situation to normal. Body temperature is controlled by a small section of the brain called the hypothalamus. This brain center has two thermostatic controls, one for cooling off an overheated body and one for preventing more heat from Escapin
