– why do you feel cold when you have a fever.
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A lot of these kind of sensations happen more in your mind than in your body.
When you have a fever, your body’s turned its internal thermostat up. When that happens, you’re now significantly colder than what your body wants to be–and that shows up as a feeling of cold. That’s why you can still get chills even when you’re wrapped in warm blankets.
The reverse is also true; when your fever breaks, your body turns its internal thermostat back down, and suddenly you’re much hotter than your body wants to be. That’s why you can take an advil or something and immediately sweat out half a gallon of sweat, as your body tries to return you to normal temperature.
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