A 34-year-old member asked:
What's the difference btw a fever and a heat flash?
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Dr. Anhkiet Trananswered
Urgent Care 17 years experience
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...
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