# When suffering from a cold/flue/fever, why do your muscles ache and your skin feel creepy-crawly?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-suffering-from-a-cold-flue-fever-why-do-your-muscles-ache-and-your-skin-feel-creepy-crawly/641234 "2012-11-16T20:29:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-suffering-from-a-cold-flue-fever-why-do-your-muscles-ache-and-your-skin-feel-creepy-crawly/641234/1 "2012-11-16T20:29:59Z")

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See subject. I’m sure there’ve been a few threads on this, but I couldn’t search it narrowly. Thanks.

ETA: I’m not a chimney sweep.