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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. [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 ...
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.
[2]: 63 Limiting the length of eccentric muscle extensions during exercise may afford some protection against soreness, but this may also not be practical depending on the mode of exercise. Physical activity before eccentric exercise helps to prevent delayed-onset muscle soreness. [ 13 ]
Myoclonus is a brief, involuntary, irregular (lacking rhythm) twitching of a muscle, a joint, or a group of muscles, different from clonus, which is rhythmic or regular.. Myoclonus (myo-"muscle", clonus "spasm") describes a medical sign and, generally, is not a diagnosis of a dis
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.
Willis–Ekbom disease (WED), [1] Wittmaack–Ekbom syndrome: Sleep pattern of a person with restless legs syndrome (red) compared to a healthy sleep pattern (blue) Specialty: Sleep medicine: Symptoms: Unpleasant feeling in the legs that briefly improves with moving them [2] Complications: Daytime sleepiness, low energy, irritability, sadness ...
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles is the second expansion pack for the role-playing video game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Announced on January 18, 2007 , the expansion was developed, published, and released over the Xbox Live Marketplace by Bethesda Softworks ; its retail release was co-published with 2K Games . [ 1 ]