Whooping cough

Whooping Cough
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or pertussis, highly communicable infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
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Whooping cough is an upper respiratory infection, which means it affects your upper airways, mostly the windpipe (trachea) and the tubes branching off from the windpipe (bronchi).
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Whooping cough, or pertussis, mainly affects infants and young children. Caused by a bacterium, it is characterized by paroxysms (intense fits or spells) of coughing that end with the characteristic whoop as air is inhaled.
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Increase in whooping cough - vaccine ineffective
Although the incidence of Whooping Cough is in decline, according to data from the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in London, ...
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Whooping cough
Dr Trisha Macnair
Whooping cough (also known as pertussis) is an infection mostly affecting the respiratory system, and particularly causing bronchitis. But thanks to routine immunisation whooping cough is now uncommon.
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Whooping cough may be under diagnosed
10 July 2006
Children with a persistent cough could be suffering from whooping cough in spite of the being vaccinated, warns new research published in the BMJ.
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Whooping cough can affect people of any age. Prior to the advent of widespread immunization, the disease occurred mostly in infants and young children.
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Whooping Cough FAQs - Source:MedicineNet
Whooping Cough (Pertussis) - Whooping cough (pertussis) has three stages with these signs and symptoms - an initial stage with watery runny nose and eyes, ...
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Whooping cough
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:
Pertussis, or whooping cough, isanupper respiratory infection caused bythe Bordetella pertussis or B. parapertussis bacteria.
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whooping cough
A serious infectious respiratory disease of children. Named for the distinctive whooping sound made by the patient after a coughing spasm. Also called pertussis.
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Whooping Cough
In the past few years, approximately 4,200 cases of whooping cough (Pertussis) have been reported annually in the United States.
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Whooping cough is a dangerous disease for babies and young children. Vaccination can prevent the illness. This article provides information about the immunisation.
Medic8 Family Health Guide : Child Health ...
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WHOOPING COUGH"1 (Pertussis)
SYMPTOMS"A week or two after exposure, the catarrhal stage begins. The eyes may be red, and the child seems to have a cold in the head. There is sneezing and watering of the eyes.
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Sudden illness or infections like pneumonia, acute bronchitis, whooping cough, croup, or epiglottitis (inflammation of the epiglottis -- the flap that closes the windpipe when you swallow) ...
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First thing to check on is your child’s immunization against diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw) and pertussis (whooping cough).
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It is often used in steam aromatherapy treatments to alleviate the symptoms of whooping cough, bronchitis, and other respiratory infections.
Neroli (bitter orange), (Citrus aurantium).
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In the past, bronchitis was often associated with measles and whooping cough. Acute viral bronchitis develops when a virus causing an upper respiratory tract infection invades the bronchi, triggering inflammation and the secretion of excess mucus.
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Despite concerns about vaccines (particularly those against whooping cough and Haemophilus influenza B, or Hib), studies have not found a relationship between being vaccinated and developing type 1 diabetes. 2
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DPT VACCINATION - A vaccination administered to infants for protection against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus. Vaccinations are typically administered at 2, 4, 6, and 15 months.
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Infectious diseases that damage nerves--like whooping cough, tetanus and polio--can also cause vocal cord paralysis. Vocal cord paralysis can also appear as a congenital defect.
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Chickenpox is responsible for more deaths than measles (rubeola), mumps, whooping cough (pertussis) and H. flu (Haemophilus influenzae type B) meningitis combined. Contrary to what many people believe, chickenpox is by no means a mild disease.
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Bronchitis often occurs with viral infections of the respiratory tract, such as colds and flu. Bronchitis may also be caused by bacterial infections. It may occur with childhood illnesses such as measles and whooping cough.
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