Why do we feel cold when we have fever

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Just doesn’t make sense
Our temperature is higher
We should feel hot (IMO) 🤷‍♂️

Edit 1: With that why do we feel so weak and tired when sick/have a fever

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Anecdote: One time I was biking home in a torrential downpour on a rather chilly early fall night. By the time I got home I was soaked to the bone. After changing into dry clothes I poured myself a glass of water from the room temperature jug and it tasted warm?!?

Is it possible that someone or something heated up my water? Sure. But more realistically it’s the fact that my body temperature was way lower than normal that caused it to taste warm to me.

Fever chills are the same concept, but the other way around.

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