Symptom: Chills
Chills: Excessive feeling of coldness.
Introduction: A person with severechills feels excessively cold and may be shivering, even when wrapped in blankets. Chills are often related to fever (where the body temperature is actually high), but may also be caused by low body temperature (hypothermia). Chills are a serious symptom needing prompt professional medical diagnosis.
Detailed cause information for symptom: Chills:
Medical articles on symptoms: These general medical articles may be of interest:
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Types of Chills: temperature sensitivity (17), cold sweats (15), shivering (13)
Symptoms related to Chills: fever (279), temperature sensitivity (17), cold sweats (15), shivering (13)
Chills type of: Fever (279), Sweat symptoms (120)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Chills: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Chills as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Fever
- Flu
- Common cold
- Virus
- Infection - any type of infection can cause fever and chills
- Chest infection
- Pneumonia
- Meningitis
- Joint infection (see Joint symptoms)
- Urinary tract infection
- Pelvic infection
- Heart valve infection
- Malaria
- Weil's disease
- Allergic reaction (type of Adverse reaction)
- Bacteremia
- Kidney infection
- Endocarditis
- Certain other tropical diseases
- Typhus
Conditions listing symptoms: Chills: The following list of conditions have 'Chills' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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