Shivering

What it means

Involuntary contraction or twitching of the muscles.

Shivering is a physiologic method of heat production in man and other mammals. Shivering is a bodily function in response to fever, early hypothermia or feeling cold.

Rare diseases that can present with this2

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category