Whooping Cough

Whooping Cough Symptoms

November 18, 2009 | Whooping Cough | 0 comments

The symptoms and signs of whooping cough can be prolonged. At first for around a week or two the child will display the symptoms of a common cold. After that for a period of a couple of weeks to, say, a month the child will suffer from a prolonged bout of severe coughing. In very special and rare cases, the symptoms of whooping cough may manifest in 3 weeks, so slow will be the development of symptoms. This is a highly contagious disease and it is...

Causes Whooping Cough

November 18, 2009 | Whooping Cough | 0 comments

This highly contagious disease that is caused by the bacterium bordetella pertussis affects the lungs, throat and nose and results in severe bursts or bouts of violent coughing, commonly seen in infants and children and also in adults nowadays. When the violent fit of incessant coughing for a minute or more subsides and the individual draws in breath, there occurs a whooping sound.

Whooping Cough advice

November 18, 2009 | Whooping Cough | 0 comments

By whooping cough, we refer to an extremely contagious RTI, the main cause of which is usually a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis that spreads very easily through direct contact or by air through nasal discharge or discharge from the mouth. It affects mainly children and kids, but is frequently attacking adults nowadays. This is a very common disease among children, especially in Canada.