The reason why an elderly person sweats but still has a fever is considered to be that when an elderly person has a fever and sweats too much, his or her body temperature drops, but if the infection is severe and the cause is not removed, the fever will continue. The elderly fever taking antipyretics or other methods to make the body sweat, sweating can take away part of the heat. At this point, if the infection is serious and the cause of the illness is not controlled, the body temperature will rise again. Excessive sweating during fever, the body does not replenish water in time, resulting in dehydration, there will be panic, fatigue, and in severe cases, there are consciousness disorders and so on. If the body temperature continues not to return to normal, you should go to the hospital in time, after clarifying the cause of the disease for targeted treatment, so as not to delay the condition.