Chills

A person who is suffering from chills feels very cold and may even be shivering even when he is wrapped in blankets.

Chills are usually related to a fever but may also be caused by low body temperature. Chills are a symptom of illness rather than an illness within itself.

It’s easier to identify the cause of chills if other symptoms are present.

Chills can be a side effect of taking certain medications, as well as the result of a viral or bacterial infection such as colds, flu, urinary tract infection, rashes such as measles or chicken pox, and much more.

In most cases of infection, though one may have a fever without chills, one seldom has chills without fever unless they suffer from hypothermia.

Home Remedies for Chills:

Natural cures for chills:

Chills can be related to a number of reasons, so before you can treat the symptom, you have to know the cause.

When chills accompany fever, it is usually from a viral or bacterial infection such as a cold, flu, or even a urinary tract infection (UTI) .

In those cases, you must treat the fever and the chills. Most of the time, once the fever comes down, the chills will subside.

Warm Water:

To relieve chills that are accompanied by a fever, it’s necessary to treat the fever, which will usually also cure the chills.

Sponging the body with comfortably warm water will usually bring the fever down, though cold water tends to cause an increase in temperature.

Cranberry Juice:

If the chills and fever are associated with a urinary tract infection, drink plenty of water and/or cranberry juice to wash the toxins from the body and clear the infection.

If that doesn’t work, you might try one of the over the counter medications such as Uristat.

Warm Shower:

Chills can sometimes accompany hypothermia, a condition where the body temperature is below normal. If you have just come in from extreme cold, gradually warm the body with layers of blankets or clothing rather than one big heavy blanket.

A warm shower is also a good way to raise the temperature. Any clothing that is wet from being in the cold should be removed and replaced with clean, dry clothing.

Warm beverages can be consumed to raise the body temperature as well.

Allergy Medicines:

Many different medications can cause allergic reactions that include chills. In most cases, an over the counter medication such as Benadryl will alleviate the problem.

In addition, gradually warming the body with layers of clothing and drinking warm liquids will help until the reaction subsides.

If it doesn’t get better, medical intervention may be necessary.