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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 ...
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. [2]
Shivering can also be a response to fever, as a person may feel cold. During fever, the hypothalamic set point for temperature is raised. The increased set point causes the body temperature to rise , but also makes the patient feel cold until the new set point is reached. Severe chills with violent shivering are called rigors. Rigors occur ...
December 31, 2024 at 10:23 AM. Lenny Randle, a controversial former infielder who played 12 years in the majors with five teams, has died, the Seattle Mariners announced on Monday. He was 75.
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy—two billionaire entrepreneurs and new Trump administration advisors—are making bold promises. Namely: This week, the duo told Congress that through their advisory ...
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. It is usually the tenth-brightest star in the night sky and, after Rigel, the second-brightest in its constellation. It is a distinctly reddish, semiregular variable star whose apparent magnitude, varying between +0.0 and +1.6, has the widest range displayed by any first ...
0 = no shivering; 1 = no visible muscle activity but piloerection, peripheral vasoconstriction, or both are present (other causes excluded); 2 = muscular activity in only one muscle group; 3 = moderate muscular activity in more than one muscle group but no generalized shaking; 4 = violent muscular activity that involves the whole body.