Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy. Part of HuffPost Wellness. All rights reserved. People often feel the achiness and fatigue first, before their respiratory symptoms develop. Rest, fluids, and over-the-counter OTC pain relievers such as acetaminophen Tylenol or ibuprofen Advil, Motrin may help you manage your symptoms.
To relieve your symptoms faster, your doctor may prescribe an antiviral drug such as oseltamivir Tamiflu , peramivir Rapivab , zanamivir Relenza , or baloxavir Xofluza. Also, antiviral drugs can cause side effects such as nausea , vomiting, and diarrhea. Also, call your doctor right away if you have any of the more serious flu symptoms, such as trouble breathing or dizziness.
Common colds are caused by many different viruses. These viruses spread through the air, just like influenza. Treat your cold by taking it easy. Drink water and other non-caffeinated fluids and get as much rest as you can. You can also take an OTC cold remedy. Some of these drugs come in multi-symptom cold, cough, fever varieties. Decongestant nasal sprays relieve congestion. However, if you use a certain type for more than three days, it could give you a rebound stuffed nose.
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and other public-health authorities put the incubation period for the virus at 2—14 days, most people who become ill develop symptoms between five and six days after exposure. This is about the same amount of time needed, on average, for a PCR diagnostic test to be more likely than not to return a true-positive result.
But you would still expect there to be a few days between the time a person is exposed and infected and the time they begin actively shedding virus. If we figure that infected people who become sick typically start experiencing symptoms a bit more than five days after exposure, we can calculate that infectiousness would, on average, begin rising sharply about three days post exposure.
Children and people with lowered immune systems may be infectious for a few days longer. Glandular fever Glandular fever isn't particularly contagious and can usually only be spread through direct contact with saliva, which is why it's sometimes called "the kissing disease". There's no reason not to continue to go to school or work if you feel well enough. Measles Symptoms of measles appear around 10 days after you become infected. Measles is most infectious after the first symptoms appear and before the rash develops.
First symptoms of measles include: a high temperature red eyes cold-like symptoms — such as a runny nose, watery eyes, swollen eyelids and sneezing Around 2 to 4 days later, a red-brown spotty rash develops that normally fades after about a week. Mumps Mumps causes your salivary glands to swell.
Mumps is most infectious from a few days before your glands swell until a few days afterwards. Rubella german measles People with rubella should stay off school or work, and avoid contact with pregnant women where possible, for 6 days after the rash firsts develops. Shingles You can't spread shingles to others.
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