Diabetes And Weather

Fact. Yes, you can. Sorry! Flu viruses spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing of people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose. Most healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 days after becoming sick. That means that you may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick. But if it makes you feel better, you are even more likely to catch someone’s germs through a common handshake than kissing.

Source: Centers for Disease Control. Key Facts About Seasonal Influenza (Flu). (Accessed 10/1/08)


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Reviewed by Francine Kaufman, MD. 01/09