SIDE EFFECTS: Dry lips and mouth, minor swelling of the eyelids or lips, crusty skin, nosebleeds, upset stomach, or thinning of hair may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Duration of stomach flu depends on the severity of the attack. The condition may become worse in case of infants, young children and elderly who cannot drink sufficient fluids to compensate for dehydration experienced during the illness. For these people, stomach flu can last for 3 weeks or more.
Stomach bugs. There are many germs that can cause a stomach bug. They include bacteria such as E coli, salmonella, Clostridium difficile (C difficile) and campylobacter, and viruses such as norovirus and rotavirus. Salmonella and campylobacter survive for short periods of around 1-4 hours on hard surfaces or fabrics.lu viruses capable of being transferred to hands and causing an infection can survive on hard surfaces for 24 hours. Infectious flu viruses can survive on tissues for only 15 minutes. Like cold viruses, infectious flu viruses survive for much shorter periods on the hands.