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  2. Frisson - Wikipedia

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    Piloerection (goose bumps), the physical part of frisson. Frisson (UK: / ˈ f r iː s ɒ n / FREE-son, US: / f r iː ˈ s oʊ n / free-SOHN [1] [2] French:; French for "shiver"), also known as aesthetic chills or psychogenic shivers, is a psychophysiological response to rewarding stimuli (including music, films, stories, people, photos, and rituals [3]) that often induces a pleasurable or ...

  3. Shivering - Wikipedia

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    In shivering, the heat is the main intended product and is utilized for warmth. [citation needed] Newborn babies, infants, and young children experience a greater (net) heat loss than adults because of greater surface-area-to-volume ratio. As they cannot shiver to maintain body heat, [citation needed] they rely on non-shivering thermogenesis.

  4. Chills - Wikipedia

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    Chills is a feeling of coldness occurring during a high fever, but sometimes is also a common symptom which occurs alone in specific people. It occurs during fever due to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins as part of the inflammatory response, which increases the set point for body temperature in the hypothalamus.

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  6. Post-micturition convulsion syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In neurourology, post-micturition convulsion syndrome (PMCS), also known informally as pee shivers or piss shivers, is the experience of shivering during or after urination. [1] The syndrome seems to be experienced equally by men and women.

  7. Hypothermia - Wikipedia

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    Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) in humans. [2] Symptoms depend on the temperature. In mild hypothermia, there is shivering and mental confusion. In moderate hypothermia, shivering stops and confusion increases. [3]

  8. Cold chill - Wikipedia

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    Cold chills are a purely subjective response and, unlike piloerection, no objective physiological measure of cold chills exists. Unlike shivering , however, it is not caused by temperature, but rather is an emotionally triggered response [ 1 ] when one is deeply affected by things such as music, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] speech, or recollection.

  9. Neurologists reveal 15 subtle migraine symptoms — that aren't ...

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    A migraine attack can be a debilitating condition. But a headache is just one part. There are other subtle warning symptoms to watch out for, neurologists say.