Like sneezing, goose bumps (also known as the pilomotor reflex) represent one of your body's automatic responses, meant to increase your chances of survival in the harsh world. Like sneezing, goose bumps (also known as the pilomotor reflex) represent one of your body's automatic responses, meant to increase your chances of survival in the harsh world. Cold environments and strong emotions (like fear) are both known to give your skin the texture of plucked poultry. When the muscle fiber connected to a hair follicle tightens, the skin surrounding the follicle puckers into a goose bump, pulling the connected hair straight up.
The incubation period for rotavirus diarrhea is short, usually less than 48 hours. The clinical manifestations of infection vary and depend on whether it is the first infection or reinfection. The first infection after 3 months of age is generally the most severe.
Incubation Period, Diagnosis/Symptoms and Immunity â¢ After initial (first) exposure, a person will usually get the stomach flu within 12-48 hours. â¢ The stomach flu is diagnosed based mostly on symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aches, abdominal cramps, and no fever or a low-grade fever. Vomiting and diarrhea can occur separately or together. Symptoms usually last 24-60 hours, but the virus may be present in a personâs stool for up to two weeks longer. Complications, including death, are rare. They usually occur in elderly persons with underlying chronic diseasesâand most often are due to dehydration.