how long are u contagious with the stomach flu?
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Although you typically feel better after a day or two, you're contagious for a few days after you recover. The virus can remain in your stool for up to two weeks or more after recovery. Children should stay home from school or child care for at least 48 hours after the last time they vomit or have diarrhea.
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Typical time it takes for symptoms to show up once you've caught the virus is one to four days. Adults can be contagious from the day before symptoms begin through five to 10 days after the illness starts. From: What Are Your Odds of Getting the Flu?
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Ad14 is contagious and is transmitted person to person and by touching contaminated surfaces. The incubation period averages about five to eight days, but the contagious period can last for weeks to months. Risk factors include crowded living conditions, contact with an infected individual, and immunosuppression.
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The most common cause of stomach flu, noroviruses, can live on surfaces for up to about two weeks.
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People with flu are most contagious in the first 3-4 days after their illness begins. Some otherwise healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick.
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This is called the incubation period. Once your symptoms do appear, they may last for two to four weeks. You can pass the virus to other people through your saliva for up to three months after your symptoms subside. Some studies have reported that you may still be contagious for up to 18 months.
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Typically, you're contagious from 1 day before you have any symptoms. You stay that way for 5 to 7 days after you start feeling sick. The virus can be spread until symptoms disappear.
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The contagious period for the flu begins about 1 day before symptoms start and can last as long as 5-7 days from when you first felt sick. You're generally contagious with a cold 1-2 days before your symptoms start, and you could be contagious as long as your symptoms are present—in rare cases, up to 2 weeks.
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Symptoms of influenza usually appear 1-4 days after exposure. How long can a person spread influenza? Persons are most contagious during the 24 hours before symptoms appear and may be contagious for up to 5 -7 days after getting sick.
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For most flu viruses, that window is about a week, starting from a day before your symptoms appear, to six or seven days afterward. For colds, even people who are feeling better can spread the virus to others for up to three weeks.
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About a week. Typically, you're contagious from 1 day before you have any symptoms. You stay that way for 5 to 7 days after you start feeling sick.
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Ad14 is contagious and is transmitted person to person and by touching contaminated surfaces. The incubation period averages about five to eight days, but the contagious period can last for weeks to months.
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Stomach flu rarely lasts longer than 1 to 3 days. However, it may be 1 to 2 weeks before your bowel habits are completely back to normal. Dehydration is a potentially serious complication of stomach flu.
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You are most contagious in the 3 to 4 days after you start to feel sick, but you remain contagious as long as you have symptoms. Usually this is about a week, but it could be a few days more for children or people with weak immune systems. You can also pass it on a day or so before you start feeling sick.
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Stomach flu caused by rotavirus is contagious during the incubation period (one to three days) that precedes symptoms. People infected with this virus continue to be contagious for up to two weeks after they've recovered.
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How long is it contagious? You are generally most contagious during the first week of illness. But, children with hand, foot, and mouth disease may shed the virus from the respiratory tract (nose, mouth and lungs) for 1-3 weeks and in the stool for weeks to months after the infection starts.
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How long does it take for flu symptoms to show up? Typical time it takes for symptoms to show up once you've caught the virus is one to four days. Adults can be contagious from the day before symptoms begin through five to 10 days after the illness starts.