Question 1

do you know if there are types of pnemonia with an incubation period of a month or two?

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Yes: Symptoms of active TB in the lungs begin gradually and develop over a period of weeks or months. You may have one or two mild symptoms and not even know that you have the disease. Other fungal infections like coccidiodomycosis if live in southwest can be similar.Fungal infections are slower than bacterial unless  immune compromised.

Question 2

is mycoplasma pneumonia contagious during the incubation period?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Like any infection it can be contagious during incubation period.

Question 3

is bronchial pneumonia contagious?  my oldest son has had it for 5 days. started abx yesterday. will my other kids get it? incubation period?

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See below: 2 types of bronchial pneumonia: bacterial (you started your son on an antibiotic) and viral (no antibiotics and runs it course over time). Most will say it is no longer contagious when fever goes away. I will say good hand hygiene and not sharing saliva will decrease chances of transmission.  Incubation period varies: 1-3 days-even as long as 7-10 days (depends on age and health/immune system).

Question 4

what is the incubation period for aids?

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HIV infection: This is probably the wrong question.  There is no 'incubation' period.  If you get infected with HIV you are infected with HIV and must be treated to prevent the immune destruction that leads to aids.

Now, from exposure to full on infection is usually a fourteen to twenty-one day process.  The new HIV viral tests can be 100% accurate at day 21 or later.

Question 5

what is the incubation period for plague?

Accepted Answer

2 to 6 days: The incubation period (time between exposure to the bacteria, by a bite or by inhaling the germs, and the development of the first symptoms) for bubonic plague is 2-6 days, and for pneumonic plague is 2-4 days. Less commonly, the incubation period for pneumonic plague can be 1-6 days... which is important, because pneumonic is fatal if treatment isn't started within 24 hours of first symptoms.

Question 6

what is the incubation period for mastoiditis?

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Depends: It depends on the organism and other comorbidities.

Question 7

what is the incubation period for legionnaires?

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2-10 days: 2-10 days.

Question 8

what is the incubation period for toxoplasmosis?

Accepted Answer

Months plus: Most acute disease is asymptomatic, more severe disease in immunocompromised pts is associated with reactivation disease - as in acquiring or being exposed at an earlier age.

Question 9

what is the incubation period for flu this fall?

Accepted Answer

Average 2 days: The typical incubation period for influenza is 1—4 days (average: 2 days). Adults shed influenza virus from the day before symptoms begin through 5—10 days after illness onset. However, the amount of virus shed, and presumably infectivity, decreases rapidly by 3—5 days after onset in an experimental human infection model.

Question 10

what is the normal incubation period of impetigo?

Accepted Answer

Few days -2 weeks: Incubation can vary, but an antibacterial or surgical soap or a dilute chlorine bath can be decrease bacterial load and prevent infection from developing.

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