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How Long Are You Contagious After Catching a Virus?
Symptoms of the flu can range from mild to severe, and include:
- Fever
- Chills
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Runny or stuffy nose
- Muscle aches
- Headaches
- Fatigue
- Vomiting and diarrhea (though the GI symptoms are more common in children)
Flu is mostly spread through the air by tiny droplets generated when infected people cough, sneeze, or talk, which can then go on to land in the mouths or noses of others.
It can also be spread by contact with objects — if a person touches something with the flu virus on it and then touches their nose or mouth — though that’s less common.
As with a cold, you can shed the flu virus and infect other people up to 24 hours prior to onset of symptoms, says Winslow.
“You’re most contagious the first day or two after the onset of symptoms,” he says.
By day three or four, you may still have a lot of symptoms as a result of your immune system being activated, but the amount of viru
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