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Whopping cough occurs when a person inhales the airborne droplets of an individual who has been infected with pertussis. Such an infected individual can easily spread their disease by sneezing or coughing around someone who has not been vaccinated by the virus. The illness was nearly eradicated once vaccinations became standard issue, but it has made a bit of a comeback with the recent refusals of vaccinations from parents. Illegal aliens may also not have vaccinations or carry the disease back into the country themselves.
Infants who have not finished receiving their vaccinations are at the greatest at risk for developing whooping cough. Whooping cough is extremely contagious -- unvaccinated children and infants in contact with infected children or living with an infected individual have a 90 percent chance of contracting the disease themselves. On top of that, the complications can be severe, including seizures, pneumonia, bleeding in the eyes, encephalitis and possibly death. With these risk, many wonder why parents would ever choose to not vaccinate their children.
Of course, some children are unable to be vaccinated due to life-threatening reactions to vaccines in the past. In other cases, some parents feel that vaccinations will lead to the development of autism. However, the medical community in both Europe and the United States have both proven no sort of medical evidence that supports this claim. The fear seems to stem from the fact that autism occurs usually at about two years old, which is when children often receive their final booster shot.
Parents who elect not to vaccinate their children often are the subject of criticism by physicians and other parents as children who contract illnesses like whooping cough at very likely to pass them to individuals who have poor immune systems or to infants. Vaccinations supporters feel those parents put their children at risk unnecessarily, including the children who are medically unable to be vaccinated.
Parents who suspect their children has whooping cough must immediately seek a doctor, especially with newborns as they can develop periods of apnea. It is also best to tell the pediatrician if whooping cough is suspected as they might have protocols to help prevent further contamination.
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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.
Pertussis is the medical name for what?
The medical term, pertussis, is what causes whooping cough. Whooping cough is coughing uncontrollably, then gasping for air, which is caused by Bordetella pertussis.
What disease has the symptoms of short fast coughs ending with a whoop sound?
It is called Pertussis or "Whooping Cough".
What shape is whooping cough?
the shape of whooping cough
Whooping cough a bacterium?
Whooping cough - or pertussis - is an infection of the respiratory system caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis (or B. pertussis). It's characterized by severe coughing spells that end in a "whooping" sound when the person breathes in.
Which pathogen causes whooping cough?
Most of the time, a bacteria called bordetella pertussis is inhaled, colonizes your lungs and then you get the characteristic whooping cough.
How do you know you have Whooping cough?
If ur cough makes a whooping sound when u breathe in or cough
What is the called when your cough end with a whoop?
A cough that ends with a whoop is called pertussis, also known as whooping cough. This highly contagious bacterial infection causes severe coughing fits that end with a distinctive "whooping" sound as the person tries to inhale. Vaccination is the best way to prevent pertussis.
Where in the world does whooping cough occur?
Every where in the world you will find whooping cough.
Which disease is it that is vaccine-preventable and may be contracted by unimmunized children from adults and causes a paroxysmal cough?
Pertussis, aka Whooping Cough.
Use whooping cough in a sentence?
We were up all night with a baby who has the whooping cough.
Who invented the drug for whooping cough?
The pathogen that causes whooping cough, Bordatella pertussis, was first isolated in 1906 by Bordet and Gengou. I don't know who was the first poor soul to have the cough drive them crazy, but I suspect that's not what you're asking.
