My friend has swine flu and i was with her for long periods of time before and during symptoms showing, how long, if at all will it take for me to get symptoms if i have caught it? and how long do these last for?
ta
To start off with, your first question may be “What is swine flu anyway?” in short, it’s a respiratory disease that originally showed up in pigs. The strain that is affecting humans is a new strain of the virus dubbed novel H1N1 by the United States government.
Obviously, discovering how is swine flue transmitted means understanding that swine flu normally does not infect humans. only those who were in constant, direct contact with infected pigs was at risk.
Now this particular strain of the virus is airborne and is passed on through person-to-person contact.
And another thing, the swine flu incubation period can last for up to 7 days after you’ve been in contact with an infected person.
More explanations in the link below.
Hope it can helps.
Jon
I'd say 24-72 hours for incubation period – and for first symptoms to start displaying themselves. If you've not displayed any after 72 hours you should be fine. and as a bonus, your body may have fought of the infection without you actually getting it – and you'll have some immunity.
I caught Swine Flu from a friend (although I went to her house because I WANTED to catch Swine Flu, and to get it over and done with before I went on my holiday (a cruise)). Within 24 hours my temperature was up, and 36 hours later the cough developed.)
I only suffered for about 72 hours after my temperature went up. Spent an extra two days at home after temperature returned to normal to ensure I was better and that I wasn't at risk of infecting anyone else.
It was like having a bad cough, and I'm not quite sure what all the fuss is about.
What you're asking about is the incubation period that infections have. The incubation period for swine flu is 2-4 days. The primary symptoms last about 5-7 days but the cough and weakness may persist for 10 days and up to 2 weeks. your friend will continue to be contagious for about 5 days after her first symptoms appeared.
I just want to get people aware of this swine flu more and more and take precautions accordingly. oh man this has killed so many people.
If you are interested check the article below to know all about swine flu (I have collected around 200 links to good articles and sites about swine flu)
markthispage.blogspot.com/2009/06…
What to expect if you have Human Swine Flu
Day 1–3:
Sudden fever (temperature over 38° C), headache, muscle pain and weakness, dry cough, sore throat and sometimes stuffed nose.
pc
depends how severe the case in you is. I'd say about 24 hours
i'm in the same situation 