How long after you are exposed to swine flu do you get sick?

Answer 1

Symptoms of the flu usually develop suddenly, about three days after being exposed to the virus. They include fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, and soreness and aching in the back, arms and legs

Answer 2

between 18 and 72 hours, but usually about 48 hours. Personally, whenever I am around a sick person and I think I may have been infected I wait two days and usually if I'm not sick by then it means I'm okay.

Answer 3

There is an "incubation period" for most viruses and each virus may differ- but generally it takes 1-7 days or more for a flu virus to increase its load in your bloodstream to the point where you feel sick.

There is usually a "curve" whereby the number increases gradually and then at some point (usually at day 3-7 or even after) there is a "climax" where the number explodes into the thousands or millions and blasts out many virus copies. This is about the time when people begin to feel that "something isn't right", get dizzy and weak, start coughing or sneezing, and maybe even vomit, among other possible symptoms.

Many times if people trace back 3-7 days before their flu, they can remember babysitting a sick child, visiting a nursing home or hospital, riding a crowded bus or subway, sharing food or drink with someone, a wet kiss, or weakening one's immune system by drinking alcohol or smoking (or both), getting sunburned, getting totally stressed out, exercising too much in one day, going without adequate sleep or rest, a period of poor diet or dehydration, or any combination of the above (especially those combinations of the above, actually).

Answer 4

From one day to 7 or more.

Answer 5

With in 24 hours

Answer 6

5 to 7 days