Are fever contagious?

Fever caused by viral infection is highly contagious from one person to another. It spreads through direct contact, handshaking, and living in tight spaces. Viral infection droplets are present in the air, which may affect many people. Viral fever is an acute disease that needs time and care to overcome. Older adults and children are at risk of viral fever, which may cause complications if not treated on time. If you have a fever, that means a viral fever, and you may notice sneezing, coughing, runny nose, and excessive secretions. The other symptoms accompanied by headache, fever, cough, stuffy nose, watery eyes, sore throat, vomiting, and diarrhea. Many people also ask how long someone will be contagious after a viral fever or infection. The person suffers from bronchitis, chickenpox, common cold, coronavirus, flu, glandular fever, measles, mumps, rubella, shingles, or tonsilitis and needs a lot of days that may vary from 5 to 10 days.