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Whooping Cough

Also called: Pertussis

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No harm, but he will still need a polio booster between the ages of 4-6.
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I don't believe there would be any contraindication to getting a pertussis vaccine as an adult, but run it by your medical provider -- someone...
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A cough in a healthy 4 year old can be many things. Most commonly, colds from viral infections can cause coughs. Other causes can be allergies, post...
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You need to call your pediatrician as soon as possible to let them know about these symptoms in your baby. It could be that he simply has a common...
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Whooping cough (also known as pertussis) can be spread by contact with contaminated surfaces, but this would be rare. It is usually spread by contact...
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The whooping cough shot helps prevent infection caused by  a bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. The flu shot or nasal-spray flu...
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Yes, that is possible. The vaccine is not 100% protective, so if your child has been exposed to whooping cough (pertussis) or this disease is making...
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We vaccinate our children against whooping cough, of course, and that has been successful. But we've learned that once people become young adults...
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Adults are at risk. The illness is characterized by coughing spells that can come so closely together that they cause a spasm and prevent you from...
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Those who most need protection are those around very young infants. Anyone who has contact with an infant should be protected. That includes Mom and...
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People will get sore arm for about at day -- anyone who has ever received a tetanus shot knows this is a common reaction.
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No. Whooping cough should not be self-treated with over-the-counter medications. If whooping cough is suspected, the person needs to be seen...
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Whooping cough is a bacterial infection that's highly contagious, and it's also vaccine preventable. Especially in young kids and unvaccinated people...
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It's a bacterial infection, so it can be treated with antibiotics, usually erythromycin or similar antibiotics.  If antibiotics are recommended...
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Outbreaks can occur when enough people in the population are susceptible to pertussis.  Some people are susceptible because they never got...
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