Pertussis , also known as whooping cough ( or ), is a highly contagious bacterial disease caused by Bordetella pertussis . In some countries, this disease is called the 100 days cough or cough of 100 days. Symptoms are initially mild, and then develop into severe coughing fits, which produce the namesake high-pitched whoop sound in infected babies and children when they inhale air after coughing. The coughing stage lasts for approximately six weeks before subsiding. Prevention via vaccination is of primary importance as treatment is of little clinical benefit to the person infected. Antibiotics , however, do decrease the duration of infectiousness and are thus recommended. It is estimated that the disease currently affects 48.5 million people yearly, resulting in nearly 295,000 deaths.
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My 5 year old daughter has had a cough for the last few days which doesn\t seem to be going away. We went to the doctor here and they did some xrays of her lungs. Could you please look at the xrays and offer your...
I acquired a grade 3 concussion on March 3....still have nausea and head hurts so much when I cough. Is this normal?
Hello doctor I am having cold and cough since last one week , have taken XXXXXXX syrup but cough is still there .....please suggest what i need to do
my monocyte count is 21 and ESR is 50 , also last week has viral with chest congestion and cough, pls help
monocyte 21 which is high is cause of my concern and also high esr which is 50, really worried
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This is regarding my daughter Aadya who is currently having cough(Dry cough) .
also she is getting cold(cough)very often. Request you a suggestion to boost her immune system.
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My 4 year old baby is running through sever cough since past 3 weeks. Now after treating her with Swich 50 antibiotic and ambrodil cough syrup she seems to be healing but still the frequent cough is there and can't sleep more than 1 hour or so and...
is azithral 500 is good for bronchital cough?
just got over a very bad cough but now fell dizzy and sick why
I have a chronic cough that wont go away. Do I have asthma ? Or some other bad desease ? What should I do ?
My 16month old has a raspy cough and fever with some cold type symptoms-her mood though is fine
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I have cough and when everi go in trafffic I use to get more is it becoz of any allergies
I took cough syrup around 11:30 pm last night, woke up at 9am for class, took my Adderall XR 30 mg pill around 9:15am before walking to my college classes. I m extremely tired, finding it hard to walk to class, and feel somewhat congested to where it almost feels like I have asthma (which I dont). Am I having some sort of drug interaction...
I has been suffering with what appeared to be a chesty cough but without phelgm, this then turned into a dry cough, which was so bad I was vomiting quite a lot. I do not feel ill, but every so often I get very hot and flushed and have a pain in my upper back and hurts like hell in the middle of my chest if I now cough, so much so it feels like...
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I have been coughing the past 4 weeks. It was a dry cough the first two weeks. My doctor put me on an antibiotic for 7days, and a cough syrup . The syrup helps me to sleep better, and tames the cough; however, it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth . I have a bad taste in my mouth most of the time, and now coughing up white foamy stuff when I do...
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I had green snot, a dry cough , and absolutely no energy. It was painful to raise my arm above my head. Got a friend to call in a zpac but I m on day 5 and the only relief is that my energy has returned. Now what?
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Hello doctor , Myself Haripriya microbiologist by profession.This query is for my dad who had cough for the past few days.Now he had severe throat pain and had gone to a doc. Doctor had prescribed 5 medicines which include Bijocef 200,Levosetride 5,Neuropine Forte,Mefgesic Forte and one cough syrup .My question is that do such tablets essential...
i am 39 weeks pregnant and all of a sudden i started a really bad cough that i still have and now i am having trouble hearing out of my right ear. first i hurt me for a day than it went away and now i just can hear out of it can u give me some advice on what i should do to help
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My daughter is six years old and she has been having cough since last week. I took her to the doctor on monday, but doctors said she had a cold gave her ibuprofin and cough syrup . Now since Wednesday she has had fever,stomach cramps ,fatiuge,not eating, and really bad smelling loose stool that is so bad I had to put a pull up on her. Please...
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mom is suffering from dry cough for more than one month my mom is suffering from dry cough for more than one month. she says she is not having even slight phlegm .just dry continuous cough.she has cough only when she is lying down.cough comes continuously.other wise she is very normal.consulted doctor and took cough syrups but not effective sir....
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Hello.. I m a 50 yr. old female. I have been smoking since 1975.. For the last 2 years I have to sleep with 2 pillows at night. When I lay down, I develop a chronic cough that produces alot of mucus .. Also at night, I will wake up coughing and gasping for air, because I cough so hard to clear the airways.. At times I cough so much, that I will...
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