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If all of your symptoms r gone are you still contagious for the swine flu?
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How long after a cold sore scab is gone are you contagious for?
You are contagious while you have any signs or symptoms of a break out. After the sore has healed wait 4-6 days then you shouldn't be as contagious as you were during a break out.
How long does the commone cold stay contageous?
The common cold tends to be most contagious when the symptoms are at their worst (usually day 2 to day 4 of the cold symptoms presenting themselves). That being said, a cold virus can be contagious for 2 to 3 days prior to symptoms presenting themselves until all symptoms have gone away (sometimes up to 2+ wks).
Is a person contagious after Swine Flu treatment?
You would not be contagious DUE TO the swine flu treatment, but you may still be contagious after having treatment, depending on when you were exposed to the virus or when you contracted the swine flu, what the treatment was, and how long it has lasted to date. Usually treatment does not cure the flu, only lessens the symptoms while your body is killing the invading virus. It typically takes your body 7 to 10 days to fight off the flu once infected. If you have the flu, you would be considered no longer contagious after you have gone a full 24 hours without a fever (while taking no fever-reducing medicines). If by "treatment" you include preventive flu vaccinations, then you would not be contagious from having had the vaccine, since it is made with virus particles that can not make you sick. There is a very rare risk that someone who received the live virus vaccine in the nasal spray vaccination could give the flu to another person, immediately after receiving the nasal spray, if the other person has a malfunctioning immune system, such as with AIDS, but it is unlikely.
How do you know if you have overcome the Swine Flu?
Once all your symptoms are gone, and then you have gone 24 hours fever-free without the use of acetaminophen or other fever reducers, you can be considered to be non-infectious.
My friend was in my company last night for a couple of hours however she phoned me today to say that her son has been diagnosed with Swine Flu. What are the chances of me developing Swine Flu?
If she herself did not get the swine flu the next day then you were not exposed through her. It is mostly infectious the day before you have symptoms and up to 7 days after all the symptoms are gone, especially the cough. Stay away from her and her family for 14 days to make sure no one else is going to get it.
When are stomach bugs contagious?
normally it would last 48 hours until its fully gone but if you still have the stomarch bug you should proceed to the doctor!
How long after symptoms of pneumonia are gone can it still show up on a chest x-ray?
6 months
Are you contagious if you are not running a fever?
At the beginning of a viral infection, like the cold and flu, you can be contagious while showing no symptoms at all for a day or even two. However, the rule of thumb is that after having a fever with the flu and then it subsides, once you have gone a full 24 hours after that without a fever (when taking no fever-reducing medicines), you are considered no longer contagious and can go back into public again.
How do you know the Swine Flu is gone?
Your question is not clear, whether you mean when a person is over the flu or whether you mean when the pandemic is over. To know that you are over the contagious period of the swine flu, the guidelines are that you will no longer pass the flu to others if you have gone a full 24 hours without a fever while taking no fever reducers. You should use a thermometer to make this determination, checking the temperature often during that 24 hour period. You will know that you are over the flu when all your symptoms are gone. In some people the symptoms last longer than the contagious period, if the cough is not gone in two weeks, then you should probably get a medical examination to be sure you do not have a secondary infection of the bronchial tubes or lungs from the original infection. To know if the pandemic is over, the health agencies of the nations of the world report to the World Health Organization (WHO) information about the infections of flu-like illnesses in their regions. WHO evaluates these reports to determine what phase the pandemic is in. Currently the pandemic is considered over, although we are still in the Post Pandemic Phase which means that for the most part the disease is no longer spreading internationally, although there may still be isolated sporadic outbreaks of infections by the virus in some places in the world.
Is everything still ok if all your symptoms have gone in my pregnancy?
If you have symptoms from a confirmed pregnancy and they suddenly disappear altogether you need to see a doctor right away. It could be a sign that you miscarried.
Is a flu cough still contagious after 10 days?
The rule of thumb is that you will be contagious with influenza until you have gone a full 24 hours straight without any fever, when measured with a thermometer. If there is still fever, regardless of the length of the illness to that point, you should take precautions to avoid spreading the flu. Most symptoms of the flu are gone in 7 - 10 days, including the fever and sore throat, sneezes and malaise and fatigue, however, the cough is usually the last symptom to leave and might last even 2 weeks after the other symptoms have cleared. If yours is continuing beyond that time frame, or if you start having fevers again, you should have an exam by your health care professional to be sure you do not have a secondary bacterial infection or other cause of the cough besides the flu.
Your daughter had suspected swine flu but after 3 days all symptoms have gone can she go out?
Once your daughter has had a normal temperature (no fever) for 24 hours, she should no longer be able to spread infection, and it should be fine to let her resume her normal activities.
