can you be contagious with the flu before you have symptoms?
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When Flu Spreads People with flu are most contagious in the first three to four days after their illness begins. Most 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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Early flu symptoms can extend below the head, throat, and chest. Some strains of the virus can cause diarrhea, nausea, stomach pain, or vomiting.
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For colds, most individuals become contagious about a day before cold symptoms develop and remain contagious for about five to seven days. Some children may pass the flu viruses for longer than seven days (occasionally for two weeks).
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Answer: No, being out in the cold or being cold or having wet clothes does not increase your chance of having a cold or the flu. This is one of the myths that do exist about both the common cold and the flu, and clearly from a lot of studies this is not the case.
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Mumps is spread in the same way as colds and flu: through infected droplets of saliva that can be inhaled or picked up from surfaces and transferred into the mouth or nose. A person is most contagious a few days before the symptoms develop and for a few days afterwards.
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Your chance of spreading the flu is significantly reduced if you have been vaccinated. But whether you're vaccinated or not, you can be a carrier of the flu even without symptoms.
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For colds, most individuals become contagious about a day before cold symptoms develop and remain contagious for about five to seven days. Some children may pass the flu viruses for longer than seven days (occasionally for two weeks). Colds are considered upper respiratory infections.
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You can catch the flu when someone near you coughs or sneezes. Or, if you touch something the virus is on, like Ellen and Jack's phone or doorknob, and then touch your nose or mouth, you could catch the flu. The flu virus can live on a surface like a book or doorknob for a number of hours.
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An infected person can spread the flu for five to seven days after becoming infected. The infectious period can begin 24 hours before the onset of symptoms. This means you can spread the flu without even knowing you're sick.
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If you have flu, you generally start to feel ill within a few days of being infected. You should begin to feel much better within a week or so, although you may feel tired for much longer. You'll usually be most infectious from the day your symptoms start and for a further 3 to 7 days.
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Viruses, with or without a fever, tend to be contagious. They can be spread in many ways - commonly, they are spread through droplets of saliva expelled while talking, coughing or sneezing. These droplets may contain virus even before one has developed a fever.
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Flu usually comes on suddenly. People who have flu often feel some or all of these symptoms: fever* or feeling feverish/chills. cough.
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Although you were exposed to flu, you do not have any symptoms. Symptoms usually start within 1 to 4 days of close contact with another person with flu. Seven days is an outer limit. Since 7 days have passed, you should be safe and not get the flu from this exposure.
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Flu is usually most infectious from the day your symptoms start and for a further 3 to 7 days. Children and people with lowered immune systems may be infectious for a few days longer.
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The takeaway You're typically contagious one to two days before symptoms develop and may remain contagious until your symptoms go away. If you or your child is diagnosed with bacterial tonsillitis, you're usually not contagious when your fever is gone and you have been on antibiotics for 24 hours.
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What You Should Know - Influenza Exposure Within Past 7 Days: Although you were exposed to flu, you do not have any symptoms (such as cough or fever). Symptoms usually start within 1 to 4 days of close contact with another person with flu.
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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.