
If the kidney stone irritates or blocks your urinary tract, it can cause an infection, which could cause chills. This is more likely to happen if you don't drink enough water each day, eat a diet that's high in protein, or have a high body mass index (BMI.) Sometimes minerals and salts stick together to form a hard mass inside your kidney called a kidney stone. You might get chills because of an infection that starts when you have a kidney stone. You may need medication to treat the infection. See your doctor if you have these symptoms. Redness, soreness, or swelling in one area.This may help your immune system kick in faster and work better.Ĭhills are a common symptom of infections like pneumonia, urinary tract infections ( UTI), and malaria.īesides chills, an infection can also cause symptoms like: Just like with the flu virus, your body can turn on the chills in response to other infections. Children under the age of 5, adults over 65, and anyone with a long-term health issue should see a doctor right away. During that time, you should rest and drink lots of fluids. Most of the time, the flu goes away on its own within 2 weeks. If flu is the cause of your chills, you might also have symptoms like: Although you may feel like you are freezing, your body temperature inside could be turned up as high as 104 F. This is why fever and chills often happen at the same time. Your body may use chills to boost its core temperature and kill off the flu virus you've caught. This sometimes happens because you're cold, but it can also be an attempt by your immune system - the body's defense against germs - to fight off an infection or illness. You get chills when the muscles in your body squeeze and relax to try to make heat. The longer the Shanghai Disney resort is closed the harder it may be to get back on track, but there's also something to be said about the pent-up demand for entertainment and escapism once the coast is clear.A walk down a cold, windy street can send a shivery tingle up and down your body, but so can some health conditions, like the flu, kidney stones, or an underactive thyroid. When the world's most populous nation is convinced that the deadly respiratory virus is finally in check, folks will come back. Momentum matters, but since all of China is going through the coronavirus outbreak, this obviously isn't just a Disney problem. There is no timeline for when the Shanghai Disney resort will reopen. However, when windstorms or terrorist events shutter Disney parks, it's typically for no more than a day or two. It's had to briefly close its Florida parks as a result of hurricanes, and as a cruise line operator it suffers from the occasional norovirus outbreak, as on the Disney Wonder in the spring of 2016. and Japan.ĭisney is not immune to temporary closures and virus outbreaks. Shanghai Disneyland is the eighth-most-visited theme park in the world, and the most visited park outside of the U.S. Disney itself doesn't provide attendance figures, but industry tracker Themed Entertainment Association pegs its attendance at 11.8 million guests in 2018. Shanghai Disneyland has been a hit since opening in June of 2016, at the time the first new Disney theme park in more than a decade. It's a financial hit now, but staying open would have deeper negative ramifications down the line if the coronavirus outbreak continues to spiral out of control. Many of the country's temple fairs and festivals are already being nixed, and keeping Shanghai Disneyland and the rest of the resort open would have negative ramifications if the virus continues to spread. Disney really didn't have much of a choice. There is never a good time to close a theme park, but this is happening during the peak Lunar New Year travel season. We're up to 26 fatalities, a figure that will unfortunately increase dramatically if the spread of the deadly disease isn't contained. The media giant announced that it will be temporarily closing Shanghai Disneyland on Saturday in an effort to help control the coronavirus that has escalated rapidly to more than 830 confirmed cases across the country, with thousands of others under observation.

One of Disney's ( DIS -1.47%) fastest-growing theme parks is going on a hiatus at the worst possible time.
