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What's the difference btw a fever and a heat flash?
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The cause: Fever is caused by your body to react against something such as infection. Heat or hot flashes is caused by changing levels of hormones in situations such as excitement, embarrassment, pregnancy, menopause...
Answered 9/8/2017
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