| Whooping Cough |
| My housemate has whooping cough. What should I do to prevent getting it too since it is contagious? |
See your doctor. I think there is a shot you will have to get. ... |
| How can a whooping cough be treated? What is the best medicine? |
Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the upper respiratory system鈥攕pecifically, the area where the nasal passages meet the back of the throat .The infection causes irritatio... |
| Can you get whooping cough multiple times? |
Yes, it's possible. The immunity one gets from infection with Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent for whooping cough, varies widely from person to person. Furthermore, immunity wanes ove... |
| Could it be whooping cough?? |
Whooping cough is still around in spite of the immunizations. The sound of the cough is distinctive. Once you hear it, you will never forget it. ... |
| What year did whooping cough was dicovered? |
Pertussis was recognizably described as early as 1578 by Guillaume de Baillou (1538-1616), but earlier reports date back at least to the 12th century. B. pertussis was isolated in pure culture in 1... |
| Does the whooping cough vaccination wear off or is for life.? |
yes it does, also this is true of any vaccine as strains of virus and infectious disease mutate through time to be resilant to anti-biotics. the most classic example of this is the flu, although on... |
| What does whooping cough sound like??????? |
Symptoms:
-runny nose
-slight fever (102掳F or lower)
-severe, repeated coughs that:
-make breathing difficult
-result in vomiting
-produce a high-pitched "whooping" sound when ... |
| What is whooping cough? |
It's a disease that makes it so you constantly cough. If you go to the hospital they will give you a test for it. They have you lay back and they shove what amounts to a long thin scrubby-type... |
| Can chest x-ray detect diseases like whooping cough or any other type of contageous cough? |
chest xrays can determine tuberculosis which is contageous ... |
| What are common solutions for whooping cough? |
What do you mean by "common"? I hope it's not home medicine, you'd be running for the doctor double quick if you or your kid actually got to the coughing state. There isn't... |
| Year doctors found out about whooping cough? |
Pertussis was recognizably described as early as 1578 by Guillaume de Baillou (1538-1616), but earlier reports date back at least to the 12th century. B. pertussis was isolated in pure culture in 1... |
| What are dangerous of whooping cough? |
Som side effects include pneumonia, ear infections, seizures, weight loss, dehydration, or exertion-related injuries from severe coughing (such as cracked ribs or a hernia). When these complication... |
| I just got a whooping cough shot now my arm is so sore i can not hardly move it is this normal? |
It is quite normal for there to be a moderate level of discomfort, the shot is given in the muscle and is one of the more painful vaccinations.
You may find that a warm compress is soothing, you c... |
| What body parts does whooping cough affect? |
It can affect your lung's that doe;NT mean it will but it can
I thought whooping cough was not a problem any more, I thought there was a vaccine for it. ... |
| What the best latest Whooping Cough syrup? |
Funny I came across this.. Okay, there is no cough syrup. I got whooping cough 3 years ago. I am 34 now. I got cough syrup with codiene from the doc just so I could sleep. but it did nothing fo... |
| What is the whooping cough? |
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a disease that basically makes you cough a lot. Sometimes you even cough up blood or puke because you're coughing so hard. It's a very nasty disease, an... |
| What is the causative agent of whooping cough? |
A bacteria (Bordetella pertussis) which is why pets can get it. Viruses, rabies is an exception, don't generally cross species lines, but bacteria can. I had a cat once that caught whooping ... |
| What is the common vector for whooping cough? |
I think it's mucous and droplets from the nose and mouth. But it's so uncommon (at least in the US) that I don't know anyone who has had it. Well, except me when I was 2. ... |
| What are some after effects of whooping cough? |
Some affects after whooping cough are : bleeding in conjunctiva (eyes), inflammation of lungs. ... |
| What's the best way to minimize coughing while Whooping Cough is running it's course? |
WELL there's a lot of things that you can do...
You can use a vaporizer ( they come in different sizes- they are plugged into an outlet and it releases like a VICKS smell)
You can take a war... |
| What are the symtoms of whooping cough? |
Whooping cough usually starts as a sore throat with a mild feeling of tiredness and being unwell, that withing 2-3 days turns into an intermittent dry cough. This persists for 7-10 days and the co... |
| How do people catch the whooping cough?(from food,insects,human contact,fomites,water,etc)? |
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis; a similar, milder disease is caused by B. parapertussis. Worldwide, there are 3... |
| What is the vaccine for whooping cough called? |
DPT vaccine ... |
| How many cases of the whooping cough were reported? |
World wide about 250,000
... |
| How doyou no if you have the whooping cough? |
Whooping cough can affect people of any age. Before vaccines were widely available, the disease was most common in infants and young children.
Now that most children are immunized before enteri... |
| Please give me a nursing interventions of whooping cough? |
are you a nursing student making a care plan?? I remember from nursing school that one of the main problems with pertussis is a thin membrane that can completely obstruct the airway, especially in... |
| How does an ear infection develop from whooping cough? |
congestion(phlegm) backs up into the eustachian tube (a tube that links the pharynx to the middle ear) and inner ear collecting and creating an infection... ... |
| What is the food to avoid when u have whooping cough (hundred day cough)? |
Any milk products...cheese, ice cream, etc. They irritate and cause more phlegm struggled with in the cough. ... |
| What can get rid of a whooping cough? |
I hate to know that anyone have that. I found you some sites that will help you with treatments, symptoms, & how dangerous it is..
www.Healthline.com
www.whoopingcough.net
www.nlm.nih.g... |
| What is the effective medicine for whooping cough? |
Macrolide antibiotics - erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin - reduce the infectivity of the patient, but once whooping cough is manifest, the damage to the pulmonary tissue has occurred, and... |
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