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.
1 The incubation period can be from 1 to 11 days but is usually 2 to 5 days. 2  There is a prodromal illness of fever, headache and myalgia lasting up to 24 hours. 3  The fever may be as high as 40Â°C and, whether high or low, may persist for a week.istory. 1  The incubation period can be from 1 to 11 days but is usually 2 to 5 days. 2  There is a prodromal illness of fever, headache and myalgia lasting up to 24 hours. 3  There are abdominal pains and cramps and profuse diarrhoea with up to 10 stools a day. 4  There may be localised tenderness. 5  Around a quarter of suffers have tenesmus.