Chills
Chills: Introduction
A person with severechills feels excessively cold and may be shivering,
even when wrapped in blankets.
Chills are often related to fever (where the body temperature is actually high),
but may also be caused by low body temperature (hypothermia).
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Causes of Chills:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Chills.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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causes of Chills
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Chills
Home medical tests possibly related to Chills:
Causes of Types of Chills:
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types for Chills
Chills: Symptom Checker
Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Chills, as listed in our database.
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Chills Treatments
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Alternative Treatments for Chills
Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed as possibly helpful for Chills may include:
Stories from Users for Chills
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Diagnostic tests for Chills:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Chills. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- General appearance - jaundice may suggest ascending cholangitis or cholecystitis.
- Temperature - Chills are usually related to a fever but may also be caused by a low body temperature. Fevers can be due to infection; malignant disease; metabolic disorders e.g. gout; blood disorders e.g. haemolytic anemia; vascular disorders e.g. stroke, brain hemorrhage; immunological disorders e.g. lupus.
- Examine the heart for a heart murmur which would suggest bacterial endocarditis
- Examine the lungs for noises that suggest pneumonia or bronchiectasis
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diagnostic tests for Chills
Chills: Animations
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Medications or substances causing Chills:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Chills as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Chills
Drug interactions causing Chills:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Chills as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Adrenalin interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Ana-Guard interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Ana-Kit interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Bronitin Mist interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Emergent-Ez Kit interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Chills
Chills: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
for Chills may include these symptoms:
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Chills
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Chills:
Assessment Questionnaire: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the
symptom: Chills. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic
tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not
be performed depending on the suspected condition)
Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is
important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an
accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all
medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any
specialist you see.
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Chills: Deaths
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Misdiagnosis and Chills
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immunized against whooping cough (also called "pertussis"), this protection wears
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Chills: Research Related Doctors & Specialists
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Organs affected by Chills:
The list of organs typically affected by Chills may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Chills
The list below shows some of the causes of Chills mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Chills
How Common are these Causes of Chills?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Chills.
Of the 1045
causes of Chills that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 14
causes are "very common" diseases
- 11
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 42
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 1002
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 1045
causes of Chills
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Chills:
The following list of conditions
have 'Chills' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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include a symptom of Chills or choose View All.
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- H1N1 Flu
... Chills
- Hadeophobia
... trembling
- Hagiophobia
... trembling
- Hamaphobia
... trembling
- Hamartophobia
... trembling
- Hamaxophobia
... trembling
- Haphophobia
... trembling
- Haptophobia
... trembling
- Harpaxophobia
... trembling
- Hay Worker's disease -- Aspergillus spp.
... chills
- Heart attack
... cold sweat
- Heat exhaustion
... cold skin, clammy skin
- Hedonophobia
... trembling
- Heliophobia
... trembling
- Helminthophobia
... trembling
- Hematophobia
... trembling
- Hemorragic fever with renal syndrome
... chills
- Hepatitis
... chills
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (fibrolamellar variant)
... chills
- Herbal Agent adverse reaction -- Rue
... clammy skin
- Heroin overdose
... cold skin, clammy skin
- Heroin withdrawal
... chills
- Herpetophobia
... trembling
- Herring poisoning (clupeotoxin)
... chills
- Heterophobia
... trembling
- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
... trembling
- Hierophobia
... trembling
- Hippophobia
... trembling
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
... trembling
- HIV-1, CRF01_AE
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF02_AG
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF04_ cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF05_ D/F
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF06_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF07_BC
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF08_BC
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF11_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF12_BF
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF13_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF14_BG
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF15_01B
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF16_ A2D
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF17_BF
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF18_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF19_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF20_BG
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF21_A2D
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF22_01A1
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF23_BG
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF24_BG
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF25_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF26_AU
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF27_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF28_BF
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF29_BF
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF30_0206
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF31_BC
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF32_06A1
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF33_01B
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF34_01B
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF35_AD
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF36_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF37_cpx
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF38_BF
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF39_BF
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF40_BF
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF41_CD
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF42_BF
... chills
- HIV-1, CRF43_02G
... chills
- HIV-1A
... chills
- HIV-1A1
... chills
- HIV-1A2
... chills
- HIV-1A3
... chills
- HIV-1B
... chills
- HIV-1C
... chills
- HIV-1D
... chills
- HIV-1E
... chills
- HIV-1F
... chills
- HIV-1F1
... chills
- HIV-1F2
... chills
- HIV-1G
... chills
- HIV-1H
... chills
- HIV-1J
... chills
- HIV-1K
... chills
- HIV-1M
... chills
- HIV-1N
... chills
- HIV-1O
... chills
- HIV-2
... chills
- HIV-2A
... chills
- HIV-2B
... chills
- Hodophobia
... trembling
- Homichlophobia
... trembling
- Homilophobia
... trembling
- Homophobia
... trembling
- Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis
... chills
- Human monocytic ehrlichiosis
... chills
- Humidifier lung
... chills
- Humidifier lung -- Acanthamoeba spp.
... chills
- Humidifier lung -- Bacillus spp.
... chills
- Humidifier lung -- Naegleria gruberi
... chills
- Humidifier lung -- Penicillum spp.
... chills
- Hyacinth bean poisoning
... chills
- Hydrocodone overdose
... cold skin, clammy skin
- Hydrocodone withdrawal
... chills
- Hydrophophobia
... trembling
- Hygrophobia
... trembling
- Hylephobia
... trembling
- Hypengyophobia
... trembling
- Hyper-IgD syndrome
... chills
- Hyperchromic Anemia
... cold skin
- Hyperimmunoglobinemia D with recurrent fever
... chills
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
... chills
- Hypnophobia
... trembling
- Hypoglycemia
... feeling cold, trembling
- Hypoglycemic attack
... feeling cold, trembling
- Hypothermia
... shivering
- Hypothyroidism
... cold sensitivity
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- Panic attack
... Chills, trembling
- Panic disorder
... Chills, trembling
- Panphobia
... trembling
- Papaphobia
... trembling
- Paprika splitter's lung
... chills
- Paprika splitter's lung -- Mucor Stolonifer
... chills
- Parainfluenza
... cold, cold-like symptoms
- Parainfluenza virus type 1
... cold, cold-like symptoms
- Parainfluenza virus type 2
... cold, cold-like symptoms
- Parainfluenza virus type 3
... cold, cold-like symptoms
- Parainfluenza virus type 4
... cold, cold-like symptoms
- Paralipophobia
... trembling
- Paramyxovirus -related Cold
... mild chills, chills
- Paraphobia
... trembling
- Parasitophobia
... trembling
- Paraskavedekatriaphobia
... trembling
- Paratyphoid fever
... chills
- Parrot Breeder's disease
... chills
- Parthenophobia
... trembling
- Pasteurella multocida
... chills
- Pathophobia
... trembling
- Pauli's hypersensitivity pneumonitis
... chills
- Peccatiphobia
... trembling
- Pediatric AIDS
... chills
- Pediculophobia
... trembling
- Pediophobia
... trembling
- Peladophobia
... trembling
- Pemphigus and fogo selvagem
... chills
- Peniaphobia
... trembling
- Pentheraphobia
... trembling
- Percocet overdose
... cold skin, clammy skin
- Perimenopause
... cold sweat
- Periorbital Cellulitis
... chills
- Peripheral vascular disease
... arm coldness, leg coldness
- Peritonitis
... shivering, chills
- Persistent anxiety
... trembling
- Phagophobia
... trembling
- Phalacrophobia
... trembling
- Phanmophobia
... trembling
- Pharmacophobia
... trembling
- Phasmophobia
... trembling
- Phenogophobia
... trembling
- Phenophobia
... trembling
- Pheochromocytoma
... cold skin, clammy skin
- Philosophobia
... trembling
- Phobophobia
... trembling
- Phonemophobia
... trembling
- Phonophobia
... trembling
- Photalgiophobia
... trembling
- Photoallergic eruption
... chills
- Photophobia
... trembling
- Pigeon Breeder's disease
... chills
- Pituitary Cancer
... heat intolerance
- Plague
... chills
- Plant poisoning -- Amygdalin
... chills
- Plant poisoning -- Cyanogenic glycoside
... chills
- Plant poisoning -- Digitalis glycoside
... trembling
- Plasmodium falciparum
... chills
- Plasmodium malariae
... chills
- Plasmodium ovale
... chills
- Plasmodium vivax
... chills
- Pneumatophobia
... trembling
- Pneumocytosis
... Chills
- Pneumonia
... shivering, Chills
- Pneumonia caused by serotype O11 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
... chills, clammy skin
- Pneumonia, Aspiration
... chills, clammy skin
- Pneumonia, Bacterial
... chills, clammy skin
- Pneumonia, Staphylococcal
... chills, clammy skin
- Pneumonia, Viral
... clammy skin
- Pneumonic plague
... chills
- Pnigophobia
... trembling
- Pogonophobia
... trembling
- Poinephobia
... trembling
- Politicophobia
... trembling
- Polyarteritis nodosa
... chills
- Polymer Fume Fever
... chills
- Polymorphous light eruption
... chills
- Polyphobia
... trembling
- Ponophobia
... trembling
- Posteriophobia
... trembling
- Posthemorrhagic anemia
... cold skin
- Postoperative septicaemia
... Chills
- Postoperative septicemia
... shivering, chills
- Postpartum thyroiditis
... feeling cold
- Potamophobia
... trembling
- Potophobia
... trembling
- Prescribed medication addiction
... cold sweats
- Pretibial Myxedema
... heat intolerance
- Primary Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... cold skin
- Primary Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... cold skin
- Primary malignant lymphoma
... chills
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
... chills
- Privet poisoning
... cold skin, clammy skin
- Prostatitis
... chills
- Pseudomonas pseudomallei
... Chills
- Pseudomonas stutzeri infections
... chills
- Psittacosis
... shivering, chills
- Psychophobia
... trembling
- Pteronophobia
... trembling
- Pulmonary Anthrax
... cold-like symptoms
- Pulmonary infections related to AIDS
... Shivering, Chills
- Pulp Worker's disease
... chills
- Pulp Worker's disease -- Alternaria spp.
... chills
- Pyelonephritis
... shivering, chills
- Pylephlebitis
... chills
- Pyogenic pericarditis
... chills
- Pyrexiophobia
... trembling
- Pyridoxine deficiency-induced Sideroblastic anemia
... cold skin
- Pyrophobia
... trembling
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Conditions listing medical complications: Chills:
The following list of medical conditions have
Chills or similar
listed as a medical complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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Causes of Chills Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Chills based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Chills?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Chills, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Chills:
Subtypes of Chills:
Temperature sensitivity (76 causes), Cold sweats (223 causes), Shivering (378 causes), Coldness (12 causes), Cold skin (120 causes), Feeling cold (13 causes), Nipple coldness (6 causes), Neck coldness (8 causes), Calf coldness (10 causes), Foot coldness (12 causes), Chin coldness (7 causes), Knuckle coldness (8 causes), Knee coldness (9 causes), Arm coldness (11 causes), Testicle coldness (10 causes), Scalp coldness (8 causes), Facial coldness (6 causes), Breast coldness (8 causes), Thigh coldness (9 causes), Leg coldness (8 causes), Hand coldness (8 causes), Groin coldness (9 causes), Ear coldness (6 causes), Thumb coldness (7 causes), Shin coldness (9 causes), Buttock coldness (8 causes), Lip coldness (7 causes), Back coldness sensation (6 causes), Ankle coldness (8 causes), Chest coldness (6 causes), Palm coldness (8 causes), Wrist coldness (8 causes), Nose coldness (6 causes), Finger coldness (13 causes), Toe coldness (9 causes), Eyelid coldness (2 causes), Elbow coldness (7 causes), Heat intolerance (24 causes), Heat sensitivity (14 causes), Cold sensitivity (43 causes), Clamminess (9 causes), Skin, clammy (18 causes), Clammy skin (73 causes), cold intolerance (28 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Chills:
Fever (2274 causes), Sweat symptoms (1699 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Temperature symptoms (2497 causes), Sick (5751 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Skin symptoms (5992 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Skin problems (3422 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)
Symptoms related to Chills:
Fever (2274 causes), Temperature sensitivity (76 causes), Cold sweats (223 causes), Shivering (378 causes), Flu (168 causes), Common cold (712 causes), Virus, Infection (1293 causes), Chest infection (12 causes), Pneumonia (241 causes), Meningitis (160 causes), Joint infection, Malaria
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