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Do I have the stomach flu? PLEASE ANSWER?
Yesterday, my friend was sick (dont know what time) with the stomach flu probably, i mean she only threw up ONCE, but still it couldve been the stomach flu, and so today when she came into school at 8:20, I hugged her. Just once. Will I get the stomach flu? Please help me out I have a really bad bad fear of throwing up and the stomach flu!!!
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
I had the stomach flu once and I threw up ALL DAY. It's definitely not something you want to catch. If you start feeling fatigue for some reason go to the doctor. Do not wait until you start having those horrible stomach pains, because you won't even be able to walk. But since it was only a hug, your chances of getting the stomach flu are not that high.
- TweetyBirdLv 78 years ago
There is no stomach flu. Flu is a respiratory infection. Possibly, you're referring to viral gastroenteritis. Could that be more like it?
Even if your friend has gastroenteritis, you cannot pick up the virus from her by hugging her. Even if you hugged her 100 times. Why? Because the several viruses that cause gastroenteritis must enter the digestive tract to cause gastroenteritis. This makes sense, right? It's an intestinal disorder, after all. You're okay.
Source(s): I'm a nurse. - newnhamLv 45 years ago
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