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Chills
Chills may occur at the beginning of an infection and are usually associated with a fever. Chills are caused by rapid muscle contraction and relaxation, and are the body's way of generating heat when it feels that it is cold. Chills often predict the coming of a fever, or an increase in the body's core temperature.
How long it usually lasts:
Short-term (lasts days to weeks)
How common is it?
Very common
Common cold
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Viral gastroenteritis in children
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Viral gastroenteritis in adults
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Bronchitis
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Sexually transmitted diseases
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Infected insect bite
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Influenza
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Stomach flu
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Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis)
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Flu (influenza)
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Wound infection
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Breast abscess
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Abscess
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Skin infection (staph)
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Diverticulitis
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Cat bites
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Chronic bronchitis
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Dog bites
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Urinary tract infections in men
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Erysipelas
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Septic hip
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Prostatitis
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Endocarditis
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Bowel perforation
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Pneumonia
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Bronchiolitis
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Campylobacter infection
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Sepsis
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Dysentery
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Lyme disease
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TB (tuberculosis)
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Breast cancer
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Retropharyngeal abscess
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Kidney infection
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Bone infection (osteomyelitis)
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Appendicitis
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Empyema
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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
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Bacterial endocarditis
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Leukemia
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COVID-19
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Mediastinitis
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Legionnaires' disease
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Septic shock
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Hepatitis B
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Rheumatic fever
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Liver abscess
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Toxic shock syndrome
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Cholangitis
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Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis)
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Bubonic plague
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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Malaria
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Lymphogranuloma venereum
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Ebola virus
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Mastitis
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Viral pneumonia
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Inflammatory breast cancer
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Local anesthetic toxicity
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