So you just found out that the person whom you encountered at the tussle for toilet paper has Covid-19. Or the local Hot Dog and Broccoli Emporium that you ate at recently. Or that “dress up like a marmot” party that you probably shouldn’t have attended. And now the wait is on for you. You are wondering whether you got infected and if so when you might become contagious and develop symptoms. And when can you be sure that you’re in the clear. It’s a common set of questions because the Covid-19 coronavirus has been spreading so widely in the U. S., and who hasn’t been to a “dress up like a marmot” event recently. The answers will tell you how long you should remain concerned that you may have been infected and will help you better understand the bases of the recommended quarantine durations. When it comes to developing symptoms of Covid-19, the key durations to remember are two days, five to six days, and 14 days. Why? Well, keep in mind four key periods:The latent period and the incubation period both start at the same time, when the virus first enters into the cells of your body. You aren’t immediately infectious once the the Covid-19 coronavirus gets inside your body. It has to get into your respiratory tract cells, hijack your cells’ machinery, and use your cells like cheap motel rooms to reproduce. Once enough new viruses are produced and released, you start shedding the virus and are contagious. Symptoms, if you end up having them, won’t come until later when your immune system says, “WTH,” and starts mobilizing against the virus. Symptoms also may result from damage caused by the virus, but that doesn’t come until later either. This is why typically the latent period is shorter than the incubation period, usually at least 24 to 48 hours shorter. You are shedding virus at least one to two days before you develop symptoms, again if you even end up developing symptoms. In fact, you may be most contagious during the period between the end of the latent period and the end of the incubation period. To remember that the latent period ends before the incubation period, think “l” before “i” in “lifeguards” as in “lifeguards on Baywatch.”It can challenging to figure out the typical length of the latent period. After all, asking a person, “when did you first start shedding virus” can be like asking, “when did you first start having noticeable body odor” or “when did you start becoming annoying?” The person most likely wouldn’t be able to tell you that “it was 12:35 pm when virus started coming out of my mouth like from a sprinkler” or “it was 12:35 pm when sewage and I became a lot less different.” The only direct way to tell when a person becomes contagious is the test than person continuously, like every minute or so. Doing such a study would then require a whole lot of cotton swabs and a whole lot of discomfort.

All data is taken from the source: http://forbes.com
Article Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/12/05/if-exposed-to-covid-19-coronavirus-how-long-before-you-have-symptoms/

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How long does the coronavirus last inside the body

The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is the virus responsible for causing the illness COVID-19. Most people who develop COVID-19 symptoms improve without treatment in 2–6 weeksTrusted Source. However, this does not necessarily reflect how long the virus itself remains active in the body.

COVID-19 has an incubation period, meaning it can be days before a person notices symptoms. In the case of SARS-CoV-2, a person can transmit the virus 48 hoursTrusted Source before developing symptoms.

Many people experience mild symptoms, while some experience no symptoms at all. This can make it difficult to tell who has the virus.

How long the virus lasts in the body depends on the individual and the severity of the illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advise that people who test positive for COVID-19 should isolate themselves for the following amount of time:

However, the virus may remain in the body at low levels for up to 3 monthsTrusted Source after diagnosis. This may mean some people get a second positive test result even after they recover, although this does not necessarily indicate the virus is still transmissible.

As of October 2020, there is no evidence that a person with mild or moderate symptoms can transmit SARS-CoV-2 more than 10 days after the first positive test result.

How long do symptoms last?
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, health organizations advised that, for most people, symptoms would last a short amount of time. However, since then, people have reported that their symptoms last much longer than this.

A July 2020 CDC report found that 35%Trusted Source of people who had mild cases of COVID-19 were not back to their usual state of health 14–21 days after testing positive. Among those aged 18–34 years with no chronic medical conditions, one in five had not returned to their usual state of health.

This suggests that, for some people, COVID-19 symptoms last longer than original estimates, even in mild cases. By comparison, over 90% of people with influenza, or flu, recover within approximately 2 weeks of having a positive test result.

People who require hospital treatment or who experience “long COVID” may also have longer-lasting symptoms. Long COVID, or post-COVID syndrome, is a name for a collection of symptoms that some people continue to experience months after their initial illness.

The symptoms of post-COVID syndrome can includeTrusted Source, but are not limited to:

severe fatigue
trouble sleeping
shortness of breath
headaches
muscle weakness
heart palpitations
low-grade fever
trouble concentrating
memory lapses
mood changes
skin rashes
nausea or vomiting
diarrhea

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