Question 1

What are the usual symptoms of stomach flu?

Accepted Answer

This may be an infection, often a virus, characterized by diarrhea and vomiting. Repeated such episodes can often be due to bad diet.

Question 2

Symptoms of stomach flu vs. symptoms from eating bad food?

Accepted Answer

With either one, you can have nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, although fever is less often due to food poisoning.  If more than one person ate a specific food at the same time and both developed symptoms at about the same time, that increases the likelihood that it's food poisoning.

Question 3

How long should these symptoms of stomach flu last in a healthy 25 year old?

Accepted Answer

Viral infections are self limited to a few days  to a week. Make sure patient does not become dehydrated.

Question 4

I suddenly felt nautious followed by vomiting. symptoms of stomach flu. and after i feel like something is in my chest. could this anxiety or?

Accepted Answer

Gastroenteritis symptoms may include: diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps/pain, headaches, muscular aches ;  pains as well as fever (low grade). Bloody stools are not usually associated with gastroenteritis. Do you feel overwhelming anxiety when you experience the nausea ; vomiting. If these are new ; acute symptoms would suspect a stomach flu before trying to blame it on anxiety.

Question 5

What are the symptoms of the stomach flu?

Accepted Answer

Stomach virus may start with vague symtoms, but vomiting and nausea are most prominent symptoms over first 24-48 hrs.  Additonal symptoms can include body aches, headache, abdominal pain, and even sore throat.  Fever can be part of illness first 1-3 dys. Most important is to stay well-hydrated by increasing intake of caffeine-free, low sugar fluids.

Question 6

What symptoms are typically associated with the stomach flu?

Accepted Answer

The symptoms of stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis) can include: nausea, vomiting, headache, watery bowel movements (not bloody), abdominal cramps and a low fever.

Question 7

Can you please tell me the immediate symptoms of a stomach flu?

Accepted Answer

The symptoms of stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis) can include: nausea, vomiting, headache, watery bowel movements (not bloody), abdominal cramps and a low fever.

Question 8

How long after contracting the stomach flu will you start to notice symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Minutes to a few hours.

Question 9

How long would the normal stomach flu take to develop in your system and start showing symptoms.?

Accepted Answer

The "incubation period" for most common gastrointestinal viral illnesses is 6-10 days. Cerain viruses, such as hepatitis a and b viruses, can take up to 6 months from infection to onset of symptoms.

Question 10

What are symptoms of dehydration if you have the stomach flu?

Accepted Answer

Depending on the age of the person, there ae different things you can monitor for dehydration.  You should urinate minimum of once every 12 hours - less often my indicate dehydration.  Lips and mouth dryness, no tears for kids.  More severe dehydration skin feels different, soft spot on baby may look sunk in, heart rate may be increased.Pay attention to thirst -it also tells you to get more fluid!

Early symptoms of stomach flu

What are the usual symptoms of stomach flu?

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Symptoms of stomach flu vs. symptoms from eating bad food?

How long should these symptoms of stomach flu last in a healthy 25 year old?

I suddenly felt nautious followed by vomiting. symptoms of stomach flu. and after i feel like something is in my chest. could this anxiety or?

What are the symptoms of the stomach flu?

What symptoms are typically associated with the stomach flu?

Can you please tell me the immediate symptoms of a stomach flu?

How long after contracting the stomach flu will you start to notice symptoms?

How long would the normal stomach flu take to develop in your system and start showing symptoms.?

What are symptoms of dehydration if you have the stomach flu?

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