10 Tuberculosis Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #6: Chills
Another sign of tuberculosis is experiencing chills, which can be constant and sometimes of a long duration. Chills refer to the sensation of coldness and shivering, and they generally precede fever episodes.
They are caused by rapid muscle contraction and relaxation and are the body’s way of producing heat when it senses cold or its temperature set point in the brain is altered by specific signaling molecules (i.e. endogenous or exogenous substances in the blood).
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