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When i'm sexually aroused i start to shake or shiver as if i were cold, but i'm not. so why do i shake?
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Normal: This is a normal physiologic response. Your sympathetic nervous system is being stimulated. With this stimulation it causes these types of signs and symptoms to arise.
Answered 3/30/2018
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