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title: "Why do I feel cold and shiver when I have a fever?"  
description: "Why do I feel cold and shiver when I have a fever?"  
author: "Pawan Shukla"  
published: 2017-12-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31675/why-do-i-feel-cold-and-shiver-when-i-have-a-fever  
category: "health"  
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# Why do I feel cold and shiver when I have a fever?

Why do I feel cold and shiver when I have a [fever](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300545/fever-diagnose-and-treatment)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**When a human body is affected by there is increase in Thermostat which is available in Hypothalamus** it generally happens which your body engages with lot of physical effort in a very hot temperature in such case

the body heat increases but the Thermostat remains at around 37 degree which is actually a genuine temperature thermostat and in such case, the hypothalamus tries to correct this with sweating and increased blood flow to the skin.

![Why do I feel cold and shiver when I have a fever?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/c6000b30-126d-46a0-b8ef-641e491c6ca6/images/261aa1de-39b0-4b4b-a4b6-f806c0371cb9.png)\

**With a fever, it is actually the thermostat that has adjusted. This means your body temperature is now below 36.8°C,** so you feel cold and shiver, to try and raise your temperature. A rise in temperature helps in fighting infection as it powers up the production of white blood cells. \
**"hope you understood"**


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