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The illness like nausea, vomiting and diarrhea that caused by noroviruses are usually referred to norovirus gastroenteritis. What actually is norovirus! You can find the answer about the definition of noroviruses in here!
The symptoms of the infection usually can be used to diagnose whether or not someone has this infection. Therefore, the doctor usually will give and ask a number of questions to get a norovirus gastroenteritis diagnosis, particularly about symptoms & signs and the medical history of the patient. Sometimes, doctors also need to perform a physical exam to find a clearly diagnosis.
What are the other names used to call this infection?
Sometimes, this infection is difficult to catch because in a few cases there is no any sign or symptom in individuals with this infection. Viral gastroenteritis is also popular known as ‘stomach flu’, which actually refers or means an inflammation of the intestines and stomach.
The stomach flu is not single name used for the infection with norovirus. Sometimes, this infection is also called as calicivirus infection, non-bacterial gastroenteritis, food poisoning, and acute gastroenteritis - depending on the characteristics of infection.
Norovirus incubation period
The noroviruses starts to multiply within small intestine once an individual get the infection. The symptoms of the infection will occur usually after 24-48 hours after the infection. And the norovirus incubation period is between the transmission of the norovirus and the early time of the symptoms appear. In the other words, we can say that the incubation period of the infection is usually about 12-hours (less or more) after exposure.
During the norovirus incubation, person with the infection usually is not contagious! He or she usually will become contagious after the symptoms of the infection occur or about 2-3 days after the infection. Even, in a few cases, person with infection begin become contagious for about 7-14 days after recovery. Therefore, you should keep the cleanliness of your hands and use other hygienic practices after you have recovered recently from the infection with norovirus.
In addition, norovirus infection is the major cause for almost a half of foodborne outbreaks of gastroenteritis -- according to the data from CDC (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)! It is believed many acute gastroenteritis cases (around 23 million cases) are caused by the norovirus infection.
*** Talk with a doctor for in-depth information about norovirus gastroenteritis, especially more detailed information about the incubation period of the infection!
