An experience report with MANDERWEAR
It's Tuesday, December 23, 2025, my fever has finally subsided, the cough is still bothering me, but it's tolerable. Influenza, yes, I admit, I'm miserable, it's disgusting, unpleasant, just not good. A common cold is one thing, but a real flu is something entirely different. Regardless of how well one's immune system functions, an influenza infection is often a real knockout event. Dry cough, headache and body aches, severe fatigue, and high fever that often breaks the 40° C mark. No, we don't want it.
This year, the flu season started relatively early and strongly. Influenza A with H1N1 and H3N2 is predominant, with the latter dominating the infection process.
But wait - influenza and men's underwear, that doesn't quite fit together, does it?
Fever phases, chills and sweating
When the fever rises quickly and significantly (stadium incrementi), chills often occur. The peripheral vessels constrict, hands and feet feel cold, we shiver, tremble all over, wrap ourselves in a warm blanket. Once the fever has risen and reached a plateau (fastigium), the trembling and shivering stop and the feeling relaxes a bit. Sometimes a feeling of heat already sets in here.
When the fever starts to drop (stadium decrementi), whether naturally or because we have taken a fever-reducing medication, we start to sweat. The peripheral vessels dilate to release heat through the skin. Hands and feet become warm. This is completely normal during the fever-reducing phase.
Sweating is a natural, physiological reaction of the body. The body actively tries to physically lower its temperature by releasing water through the skin, which evaporates and thus is supposed to cool down the body. When reducing really high body temperatures, this can quickly lead to us being bathed in sweat.
Clothing, showers, underwear
I myself am one of those who always completely bundle up when the fever rises. Long sweatpants, T-shirt, hoodie with hood up, thin blanket, thick blanket, and MANDERWEAR. Yes, MANDERWEAR.
The thing with underwear sounds absurd at first, but it has a simple reason. I'm one of those who sweat so much when reducing fever that I not only have to change my T-shirt and sweater but also the blanket. That's why I find synthetic fibers with good ventilation properties and good sweat transport much more comfortable than cotton when reducing fever.
After sports, or in mid-summer, I would simply go showering. During a fever-reducing phase from 40°C to 37.5°C, my circulation is so low that showering or bathing is not a good idea yet. And that's exactly where MANDERWEAR comes in.
I remember well the times before MANDERWEAR - no matter if I wore loose boxers, boxer briefs, or briefs, when I sweated, it was always uncomfortable, laundry change or not. With MANDERWEAR men's underwear, I don't have the feeling that everything in the groin area is wet, that heat builds up or that everything sticks. No, on the contrary, nothing sticks or rubs, no feeling of wetness or heat, everything is comfortable. And that's exactly what you get when you combine an intelligent anatomical cut with materials like modal or viscose.
So, now you know why you should buy our shorts right now during cold season. If you are also one of those men who sweat a lot, try it out, you will love it. I can only recommend it.
In this sense, stay healthy!
Author: Alexis Knell.
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We would like to point out that this article was written by us as a manufacturer of innovative men's underwear. We hereby disclose that we have a financial interest. The experience report reflects a personal opinion and the personal feelings of the author. This article does not constitute medical advice and does not replace consultation with doctors.