Warning Signs Of Babesiosis

Chills

Chills is a term used to describe when an individual feels sensations of coldness and experiences shivering. When an individual is running a high fever, they will feel cold even if they are not in a cold environment. This cold feeling with a fever is what best characterizes chills that occur due to the presence of some sort of infection in the individual's body. The Babesia microti pathogen causes the patient's immune system to release prostaglandins and cytokines that cause an increase in the set temperature of the internal thermostat of the body. This temperature increase is meant to make the patient's body an inhospitable environment for the infection-causing pathogen. Because the temperature of the air around the individual is lower than their body temperature, they will feel cold. The shivers occur because a mechanism in the body is triggered where the muscles contract involuntarily to help produce more heat.

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