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.
Whooping cough starts mild and acts like a cold with symptoms like runny nose, congestion, sneezing, dry cough and a mild fever. Symptoms may worsen after a few weeks and may have vomiting and cough with a high pitched "whooping" sound between breathes.
Once you become infected with whooping cough, it can take one to three weeks for signs and symptoms to appear. They're usually mild at first and resemble those of a common cold: Runny nose Nasal congestion Sneezing Red, watery eyes A mild fever Dry cough
Bordetella pertussis infects the respiratory tract, specifically the lining of the upper respiratory system including the throat and lungs. It causes whooping cough, which is characterized by severe coughing fits and is highly contagious.
Pertussis (whooping cough) can cause serious illness in infants, children and adults. The disease usually starts with cold-like symptoms and maybe a mild cough or fever. After 1 to 2 weeks, severe coughing can begin. Unlike the common cold, pertussis can become a series of coughing fits that continues for weeks.
First of all, the correct spelling is bordetella pertussis. Secondly, do you mean does it attack animals or humans?It is the bacteria that is responsible for whooping cough (or pertussis), which is a respiratory illness in humans. Humans are the only known hosts for bordetella pertussis, and it does not cross between humans and animals.
It is called Pertussis or "Whooping Cough".
Lucy Jefferson, daughter of Tomas Jefferson, died of whopping cough.
the shape of whooping cough
If ur cough makes a whooping sound when u breathe in or cough
Every where in the world you will find whooping cough.
We were up all night with a baby who has the whooping cough.
In the UK all children are immunized agains whooping cough in their childhood immunisations therefore preventing whooping cough.
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Whooping cough began January 2010. It began with infants and newborns.
The medical term, pertussis, is what causes whooping cough. Whooping cough is coughing uncontrollably, then gasping for air, which is caused by Bordetella pertussis.
You are in pain with the whooping cough because your parents did not get you vaccinated.
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