Stomach flu or gastroenteritis infection signs and symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea that lasts for about 7-14 days. The stomach flu is spread from person to person, usually via fecal to oral route from poor hand-washing or hygiene techniques.
Location: Egypt. Posts: 1,672. Re: How long for meds to take effect. It takes from 1 to 2 days in order for your high bp meds to work, but it reach its maximum effect in 1 week and some times it takes 2 weeks. They said that but I think it's only a week, not more than that.
Generally speaking, if you are in stable health, it should take no more than 5 - 7 days of hospital stay. Occasionally, someone may need to receive a course of IV antibiotic to treat his/her chest infection first before proceeding with the G-tube. In this case, your hospital stay could be as long as 2-3 weeks. stands for gastrostomy which means an opening into the stomach. A G-tube is a short and hollow tube inserted into the stomach from the surface of the abdomen (tummy) through an opening called the gastrostomy site.