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A person is contageous with Whooping cough (pertussis) for anywhere from 5 - 14 days during what is called the "catarrhal" stage. This is when you have a runny nose (generally with clear mucus), mild aches, sneezing, low-grade fever (perhaps) and other symptoms that appear to be like a cold.
Whooping cough has three stages: catarrhal, paroxysmal and recovery.
Antibiotics - if given during the first stage of the disease - help to more quickly reduce the impact of infection and reduce the period when you are infectious.
Once you get to the second state (violent coughing fits), your body will deal with the infection in its own good time and antibiotics do little good.
Recovery can take up to three to six months, or more, depending upon the severity of the disease and age. Relapses of coughing are common but tend to lessen in severity over time.
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Who can be affcted by whooping cough?
Everyone. Babies especially.If you have it, stay away from people, it is contagious if you cough on them go to wikipedia and type whooping cough
Is whooping cough a virus or bacteria?
Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial disease caused by Bordetella pertussis.
Where does the bacteria hide in whooping cough?
Whooping cough also known as pertussis is a contagious disease that causes severe coughing. The bacteria that causes whooping cough is gram negative, and hides in the tissues of the human body.
Is it ok to do somebody hair if they have whooping cough?
If they are to, or past, the stage where they have a violent, gagging cough, then they are likely no longer contagious.
How is the highly contagious bacterial disease pertussis more commonly known?
Whooping cough
Is whooping cough contagious to dogs?
Believe it or not, humans can get their dogs sick with any type of flu. Including whooping cough. It's best not to keep the dog around the sick person.
What is another name for whopping cough?
Whooping cough or Pertussis, is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
what disease has the symptoms long period of short, fast coughs ending with a "woop" sound?
Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. In many people, it's marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like "whoop." Before the vaccine was developed, whooping cough was considered a childhood disease.
What disease has the symptoms of short fast coughs ending with a whoop sound?
It is called Pertussis or "Whooping Cough".
Does my daughter have whooping cough?
Whooping cough could definitely be a possibility. Children and adults with whooping cough will sound as if they are gasping for air during a coughing spell. These most often are worse at night. Pertussis is a contagious bacterial infection where there is an overabundance of mucus present. Coughing can last up to ten weeks.
Is pertussis infectious?
Pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough, is extremely contagious and is most severe among babies.
What shape is whooping cough?
the shape of whooping cough
