If someone was sick and your child was around them and then 20 hours later your kid is sick.....coincidence? Or did they pass the bug?
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I think with certain bugs/viruses/strains 20 hours is totally possible. Especially things like the flu and stomach viruses. My mom is of the opinion that colds and viruses are "7 days coming, 7 days going" but I think that's an old wives tale.
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I would totally accuse them of being a carrier monkey. Too much of a coincidence for me.
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@psw27: @Boogs: ugh! I'm kicking myself for not separating them - the mom assured me that he got sick from eating old pizza but my gut told me otherwise - DH just went to grab him from school - just a fever for now....fingers crossed its doesn't turn into a stomach bug!!!
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@Mamaof2: Hope so for you, stomach bugs are the worst!
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I was just reading about the norovirus. That sucker can last for days, even when dried out. And it hits fast and hard. Good luck!!!
ETA: Here's the link to the article http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/5-things-you-didn-t-know-about-nasty-stomach-flu-n714241
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i think it can pass in a day. one time MIL was sick, bad hacking cough, and even tho we, including BIL who is a doctor(!!),all told her not to hold DD she still got a hold of her somehow. anyway, the next day DD had a cough that sounded almost identical. Coincidence? maybe, but probably not. haha smh
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2 days of fever and that's it - whew!!!!
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The norivirus can supposedly live in surfaces for 7 days!!! Crazy. I Lysol wipes like crazy and even machine washed all of DS1's stuffed animals!
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and now he's throwing up.....ugh
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It depends what it is. Different illnesses have different amounts of time that it requires for a person to become symptomatic. It's possible, but definitely not a certainty. I don't know about where you are, but EVERYONE here has been sick with all kinds of junk, so I just assume we're always a walking time bomb of illness.
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