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Shaking chills
A sensation of feeling cold accompanied by uncontrollable shaking of the extremities, body and/or teeth often associated with the onset of a fever due to an infection.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: shaking chills?
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A 30-year old asked:
What causes you to have shaking chills when you are sick?
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A 31-year old asked:
Are shaking chills normal if you have a mild illness like flu?
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A 46-year old asked:
Are shaking chills unusual with mild cold and cough illness?
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A female asked:
I had a sudden onset of shaking chills and a fever but no other symptoms is this something I should be concerned about?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Total hysterectomy done robotically 2 weeks ago. Pain very severe shaking chills no fever. Should i seek help?
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A female asked:
I had shaking chills last. Happened a couple of weeks ago too. I slept it off both times. No fever tho. Should I worry about infection?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Can a kindey stone get stuck in the urthera? I have throbbong and odd stingy felling all the time. Ever since i got the violent shaking chills-puking
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A 21-year old male asked:
Can a sinus infection cause tremors, or shaking chills?
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A 35-year old female asked:
If clear watery stool is passed after pm dose of split-dose moviprep w/ dizziness & shaking chills(bp<90/60). Can i half or skip am dose on coly day?
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A male asked:
Less than 24 hrs spouse experiencing shaking chills, muscle aches, nausea 12 hrs after getting sr flu shot; similar reaction to last yr's shot. ?
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A 22-year old female asked about a 70-year old female:
70y.o male had colonoscopy w.polyp biopsy 3/25/15. Has fever of 102.4, shaking, chills, and extremely pale in color. Unsure what to do. Thanks?
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A 30-year old female asked:
My 3 yr old has pneumonia in the left lung and is having shaking chills accompanied by confusion (new symptoms) tonight. Should i go to the er?
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A member asked about a 62-year old male:
Husband 62 w/fever 102.5 & shaking chills, urgency/frequency now gone;has high urine WBC but no growth; LLQ mild pain 1 mo ago; base Creat 1.1-1.2?
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A 73-year old female asked:
5 episodes in about 5 years. Nighttime GERD followed by shortness of breath and shaking chills which last about 3 hours. Chest X-ray negative. Barrett?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Waking up shivering, shaking and chills. Every night. No temp. ?
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A 30-year old female asked:
3 drinks last night, no recollection of anything that happened (no, not rufied). Awful headache, sensitivity to light, shaking, vomiting, chills. ??
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A 19-year old asked:
Feel like my bodies on fire an aches but i'm shaking with chills I just had baby 7 days ago been having itchy throat and cough all day what do suggest?
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A male asked:
Male, age 98, experiencing sudden onset of chills, shaking?
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A 41-year old female asked:
For five days I have gotten hives in the evening followed by chills, shaking then sweating. I do not have a fever. ?
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A 30-year old male asked:
My symptoms are: fever, aches, chills, shaking, lethargy, disorientation, an sometimes headache. It happens a few times a month for a few days. Help?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Why I am shaking cold even though very warm in the house and bundled up? I keep getting these severe chills, hands are freezing. Legs keep shaking and clenching. Chills and shaking so bad I feel like I may fall down or faint.
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A 17-year old female asked:
Why am I throwing up, having chills, shaking a lot, muscle pain, but no fever?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Had a sudden chills and shaking feeling. ?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Tested for COVID-19 on Wednesday and I am still waiting for my results. I started getting chills (body is shaking) yesterday just wanted to know what can I use to stop the body chills.
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A male asked:
Earlerr todday i started geting the chills and then i started shaking uncontrolably it lasted for like 15 min what should I do
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A 26-year old female asked:
If you get cold chills all if a sudden you can't stop shaking and ur head is hot and heavy could that b a reaction of infection?
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A member asked:
My husband had un controllable chills last night, but no fever and he wasn't cold to the touch. He couldn't stop whole body from shaking. ?
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A 20-year old female asked:
What is it called when you have chills you are shaking you vomit and you feel hot 1 minute then freezing the next ?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Chills , feeling cold, shaking, no fever, no other symptoms. Temperature was 97.3 last night but this morning up to 98.3, still cold feeling, what could it be? Have history of low vit k, could it be that again?
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