Question 1

how can people catch the whooping cough?

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Droplet: Exposure to the nasal secretions or cough of an infected person can pass it to you.It is passed with droplet (inhaled particles) or direct inoculation (contaminated fingers to nose or mouth. You incubate it for quite a while before ever having recognized cough.Your source may  never have symptoms before they pass it to you.

Question 2

will clyndamdicyn work for whooping cough?

Accepted Answer

Wrong antibiotic: The treatment for pertussis (whooping cough) is azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin, or sometimes trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (bactrim), but not clindamycin.

Question 3

how long should whooping cough symptoms last?

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100 days: Whooping cough is also known as the "100 day cough".  The symptoms may not last that long and towards the end the frequency and severity of the cough should lesson.  Once symptoms stop an routine viral illness may trigger a return of the cough but it is usually short lived and will return to normal within a week or two.

Question 4

how possible is a baby to get whooping cough?

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Exposure/no antibody: Many mothers delivering today had their last whooping cough vaccine as a kid and will not have any remaining antibody to pass to their newborn. Recently,OBs have started giving the TdaP to pregnant women to help avoid this.The vaccine is not effective if given before 6 wks, so the newest babies are vulnerable if exposed. This germ can pass from infected people before they realize they are ill.

Question 5

how long, on average, does whooping cough last?

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2 to 8 weeks: Usually it only last two to eight weeks.

Question 6

what happens if whooping cough is left untreated?

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Depends: In infancy it can lead to a progressive cough that is so bad the infant strokes out  and can die. It  is most dangerous to infants in the first 6 months. In adults, it just produces a chronic "100 days "cough. Kids Kids in the middle have variable effect.Untreated disease also leads to significant transfer to those within the persons contacts.Susceptable persons will get and pass disease.

Question 7

can you get whooping cough without a whoop noise?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Dry cough for more then 6 weeks could be a symptom of whooping cough.

Question 8

need to know is whooping cough really that dangerous?

Accepted Answer

Define dangerous: If you believe that a disease is dangerous if it  has killed more than 30 kids in the us this past year than that is true.The majority were under 6 months of age and not immunized. It is more of a nuisance to adults, causing a persistent cough known as the "hundred days cough".

Question 9

looking for answer to how do you cure whooping cough?

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Treatment...: Whooping cough, or pertussis, is caused by a bacterial infection so treatment is with antibiotics prescribed by your doctor. So, see your doctor for diagnosis and treatment. Vaccines largely prevent this disease.

Question 10

what should an adult do after exposure to whooping cough?

Accepted Answer

Antibiotic: Household and close contacts of confirmed cases of pertussis are often given 5 days of azithromycin or acceptable alternative

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