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Keywords: Chill, Shaking, Fever, Shuddering, Shivering

Related Terms: Lupus, Acute, Ague, Anaphylactic Shock, Anaphylaxis, Blastomycosis, Cold, Collapse, Febrile, Fever, Fit, Frostbite, Heatstroke, Hydrophobia, Inflammation, Leprosy, Paroxysm, Pemphigus, Pyrogenic, Shiver, Subacute, Hypothermia, Opportunistic Infection, Acute Disease, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Septic Shock, Panic Attacks, Allergies, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Trigger, Guttate Psoriasis, Acute Infection, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Fulminant, Inflammatory Response, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, Consequences Of Splenectomy, Acute Pain, Hot Flush, Cryptococcal Meningitis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Hot Flash, Hot Flashes, Environmental Illness / Mcs, Orbital Cellulitis, Febrile Convulsion, Atonic Seizure

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A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.

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Sudden chill with shaking.

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Episodes of rigidity and chills that are occasionally brought on by infections and high fevers.

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A sudden attack of shivering and sweating due to a sudden rise in body temperature.

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Severe shaking chill.

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Rigor or chills is shaking occurring during a high fever. It occurs because cytokines and prostaglandins are released as part of an immune response and increase the set point for body temperature in the hypothalamus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_(medicine)

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