You can be contagious from a few days up to two weeks or more, depending on which virus is causing your stomach flu (gastroenteritis).A number of viruses can cause gastroenteritis, including noroviruses and rotaviruses. Symptoms usually appear within one to two days of exposure. 2  Although you typically feel better after a day or two, you're contagious for up to three days after you've recovered. 3  Some people may be contagious for up to two weeks after recovery. 4  Rotavirus.
In the early stages, people with RA may not initially see redness or swelling in the joints, but they may experience tenderness and pain. These following joint symptoms are clues to RA: Joint pain, tenderness, swelling or stiffness for six weeks or longer. Morning stiffness for 30 minutes or longer. More than one joint is affected. Small joints (wrists, certain joints of the hands and feet) are affected.
When you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you may wonder how it might affect your joints. In many people, RA starts in small joints, such as those in your hands and feet. In fact, more than 90% of people with RA will experience symptoms in their feet or ankles at some point. For about 20% of patients, RA symptoms first show up in their feet and ankles. One of the defining features of RA is that it usually affects both sides of your body. So if you have symptoms in one foot, itâs likely that symptoms will appear in the same joint in the other foot, too.