Chills and sweating for a while are usually called cold sweats, and the causes include hypoglycemia, severe infections, and viral colds.
1. Hypoglycemia: If a person’s blood glucose is lower than 3.9mmol/L, cold sweat, chills, body discomfort and other symptoms will occur, which is the body’s response to hypoglycemia.
2. Severe infections: for example, septic shock, infectious shock, distributive shock and hypovolemic shock will occur when there are cold sweats, rapid pulse, body chills, pallor, decreased blood pressure and so on.
3. Viral cold: cold sweat is a typical symptom of viral cold, when the virus invades the human body, there will be a cold and sweaty clinical symptoms.
If the symptoms of cold sweats appear, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time and follow the doctor’s diagnosis and recommendations to avoid untimely treatment and adverse consequences.