chills/rigors

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Introduction

Chills are a symptom of fever resulting from the need for muscular activity producing heat to raise the body temperature to the set point of the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center. Chills generally coincide with a time that the body temperature is rising.

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References

  1. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 842
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999