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Whooping Cough

Also called: Pertussis

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Can whooping cough be severe?

Complications of whooping cough usually result from the cough itself, such as rib fractures, ruptured blood vessels, or inability to eat or sleep...

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How does whooping cough spread?

Whooping cough spreads from person to person through close contact with oral secretions or respiratory droplets. So it's easily spread through...

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What are the symptoms of whooping cough?

It starts like a cold, with congestion and upper respiratory symptoms. After a week or so, a cough develops. The cough worsens over...

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What kind of infection causes whooping cough?

It's caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

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Can adults get whooping cough?

Although whooping cough is considered to be an illness of childhood, adults may also develop the disease. The illness usually is milder in adults...

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How is whooping cough diagnosed?

When a patient has the typical symptoms of whooping cough, the diagnosis can be made from the clinical history. However, the disease and its symptoms...

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What is whooping cough? What is the history of whooping cough?

The disease is named for the characteristic sound produced when affected individuals attempt to inhale; the whoop originates from the inflammation...

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What are whooping cough symptoms, signs, and stages?

The first stage of whooping cough is known as the catarrhal stage. In the catarrhal stage, which typically lasts from one to two weeks, an infected...

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Can whooping cough be prevented with a vaccine?

Whooping cough commonly affects infants and young children but can be prevented by immunization with pertussis vaccine. Pertussis vaccine is most...

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How is whooping cough transmitted?

Whooping cough is highly contagious and is spread among people by direct contact with fluids from the nose or mouth of infected people. People...

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Why are vaccines -- such as those for whooping cough -- critical to everyone?

California is now in the midst of a pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic – the worst outbreak in the last 50 years. At last count, there were 1337...

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