What should I do if I feel cold when I have a cold?

Written by Li Jian Wu
Pulmonology
Updated on February 14, 2025
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What should I do if I feel cold during a cold? This phenomenon is an early sign of chills in a cold, which is a feeling of being cold, and it might be followed by a fever. You should drink more ginger sugar water now, rest, and promote metabolism. If you have already developed symptoms of a fever, patients with mild symptoms can take physical measures to reduce fever. If the temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, you need to take antipyretic analgesic drugs for symptomatic treatment. After the temperature returns to normal, the cold feeling will gradually disappear. This is a common clinical symptom of colds, so there is no need to worry too much.

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