10 Stomach Virus Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #8: Chills
Chills are a symptom that makes you feel cold even when there is no reason to be cold. The symptom will often have people wrapped up under their bedsheets to try and keep as warm as possible, even when it is not cold outside. As with some other symptoms, it is deliberately caused by the body as a defense mechanism.
Chills are actually part of the same mechanism as a fever. Feeling cold makes you shiver, which is contractions of the muscles that help to heat up the body. Chills present no danger in themselves, although you should monitor any associated fever in people that are vulnerable.
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