Whooping Cough Symptoms

Signs and symptoms
... Once you become infected with whooping cough, it takes a few days to a few weeks for signs and symptoms to appear. When they do, they''re usually mild at first and resemble those of a common cold, suc...

Causes
... Whooping cough is an upper respiratory infection, which means it affects your chest, airways and lungs. It''s caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which spread through droplets of respiratory secr...

Whooping Cough Prevention

Prevention
... The best way to prevent whooping cough is with the pertussis vaccine, which doctors often give in combination with vaccines against two other serious diseases, diphtheria and tetanus. This three-in-on...

Whooping Cough Treatment

Complications
... Teenagers and adults usually recover from whooping cough without complications. At worst, excessive coughing may cause a bruised or broken rib or a hernia — an abnormal protrusion of a loop of i...

Treatment
... Treatment for whooping cough varies, depending on your age and the severity of signs and symptoms. Older children, teens and adults When whooping cough is diagnosed early in older children, teenagers ...

Whooping Cough Support

Coping skills
... Whooping cough isn''t necessarily something that can be overcome in a week or two. This bacterial infection may persist for 6 weeks or longer. That means you may need to be off work for an extended pe...

Whooping Cough Other

Overview
... Whooping cough — known medically as pertussis — is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. Although it initially resembles an ordinary cold, whooping cough eventually turns much m...

Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis
... Diphtheria is an acute bacterial disease involving primarily the tonsils, pharynx, larynx, nose, skin, and occasionally other mucous membranes. The characteristic lesion is marked by a patch or patche...