Why Do We Feel Cold When We Have a Fever?

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Why Do We Feel Cold When We Have a Fever?

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As a rule, we don’t sense temperature *per se.* What we sense is the differential between our body and the environment.

When we have a fever, our bodies are increasing our internal temperature in an attempt to burn out an infection. We register the *difference* between our (raised) internal temperature and the environment as “cold.”

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