Why Do My Hair Follicles Feel Like They Are Hurting When I Have a Temperature?
1. Introduction The sensation of hair follicles physically hurting during a fever is a neurological phenomenon known as cutaneous allodynia, triggered by the systemic inflammatory response to an infection. When the body fights a pathogen, it releases circulating inflammatory proteins called cytokines that lower the pain threshold of peripheral nerve endings in the scalp. Consequently, … Read more