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produce antibodies to help kill germs

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Because they don't get the shot to stop it from infecting them.

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Ways to Fight a ColdIf the cough has lasted more than 3 - 4 days and is deep within the chest please see your doctor. You don't want to get Bronchitis, Pneumonia or a sinus infection. Your doctor may prescribe something to keep the airways open and clear, but there is nothing to get rid of an actual cold.The natural source my grandmother brought my brother and I up on was Brandy (just a teaspoon when we were kids) with 2 tsps. of honey and boiling water and we'd sip on this. Keep the room cooler as warm to hot rooms can dry out the air. Keep yourself warm by wearing sweaters or cuddle up under a warm blanket. If you have no control over the heat then put bowls of water around (you'll be surprised at how quickly it evaporates) or if you can afford it get a humidifier. Sleep propped up a little so your sinus' don't drain down the back of your throat (this can cause a sore throat.) If your immune system is strong the immune system deals with the cold on it's own time.

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Whooping cough is very dangerous for babies under 1 year, whooping cough also caused alot of deaths before there was medicine, today whooping cough is not so bad but it is bad for babies because they will not be able to breath and really they will die!

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Its Most common hiding place is in the lungs.

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Outbreaks of the disease were first described in the 16th century. The bacteria that causes the infection was discovered in 1906.
The vaccine became available in the 1940s.
B. pertussis is a small, aerobic gram-negative bacterial shaped rod.
The bacteria attach to the cilia of the respiratory epithelial cells, produce toxins that paralyze the cilia, and cause inflammation of the respiratory tract.Kendrick and Eldering are credited with the first effective vaccine.

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Common symptoms of whooping cough include runny nose, sneezing, red/waterly eyes, a potentially mild fever, and of a persistent, dry cough that originates from the lungs. After it develops, the cough can become so hard and persistent it induces vomiting, and/or a high pitched "whopping" sound at the end of the cough. There is generally extreme fatigue that is associated with whopping cough as well.

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The research I have read indicates that if one person in the house has it, there is a 90% chance that the others will get it - but I do not know the liklihood of catching it whilst out it public (for example, whilst on public transport or in a shopping centre etc)

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The most common victims are small children including babys, all the way up to kids the age of seven to eight. Very elderly are also a common victim.

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Yes, it can - but not directly unless you have a bunch of other stuff wrong with you.

How it can kill you is by causing cells to die and creating food for other bugs which can cause pneumonia. Pneumonia will happily end your life if it has the chance.

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Dangerous to the very elderly and children under 5

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Pertussis

Bordetella pertussis is easily transmitted by close contact when secretions are transmitted during talking, laughing, coughing, and sneezing (secretions by nose and throat). Whooping cough is a highly contagious disease characterised by paroxysms of coughing (five to twenty coughs are followed by forced inhalation). Virulent factors include pertussis toxin, hemolysin, adenylate cyclase (AC), and filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA)

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None

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it is bacteria

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Incubation is the period for an egg to hatch and gestation is the period where the unborn is inside the body of the mother awaiting the time to be born.

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Whooping Cough known in the medical community as Pertussis is not "curable" by definition. There are medications with antitussive properties that can be given to mitigate the symptom of coughing. There is a vaccines out there that is very effective however as with all vaccines there is no 100% guarantee. Having Whooping Cough can last several months as it is colloquially known as "The 100 Day Cough." But eventually all will subside.

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yes u can

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Whooping cough(or pertussis) is caused by a bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. When an infected person coughes or sneezes, the bacteria moves through the air. This is the reason Pertussis is an extremely contagious disease.

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True A+

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Probably. If you are an adult and had pertussis as a small child, your specific immunity may be weakened after all this time. It wouldn't hurt to get the vaccination, especially if you are going to be around babies.

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Yes, very.

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Well, they CAN...but these days the SHOULDN'T

Yes, it can - but not directly unless you have a bunch of other stuff wrong with you.

How it can kill you is by causing cells to die and creating food for other bugs which can cause pneumonia. Pneumonia will happily end your life if it has the chance. A normal immune system and good general health will stop it at Whooping Cough.

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If ur cough makes a whooping sound when u breathe in or cough