Chills and Low-Grade Fever
Abdominal pain with nausea, chills, and low-grade fever is a sign that the person should see a doctor immediately because the appendix might rupture. On the other hand, a fever indicates that the body is fighting infection, so some people are not too worried about it.
A healthy human’s body temperature is 37°C or 98.6°F, but the temperature goes up and down throughout the day. However, the person is running a fever when the temperature rises above average. An individual will have a low-grade fever if the body temperature reaches 100.5°F (37.9°C) up to 102.2°F (39°C). An impending rupture of the appendix could be the cause of the rise in body temperature. If the low-grade fever persists for more than two weeks, the person should immediately visit their doctor.
Because it can be challenging to know the cause of low-grade fever, the doctor is the only person who can determine what causes it. However, if the symptoms are due to appendicitis, the individual should worry, particularly if there are other symptoms accompanying the fever, such as sweating, headaches, shivering, chills, dehydration, and muscle aches.
