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What is the cause of a single chill or shudder?
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Autonomic: Sympathetic nervous system, that is also called "fight or flight", where vasoactive amines cause "goose flesh", a chill and a shudder as well as dialted pupils and elevated blood pressure.
Answered 1/29/2013
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