Question 1

i am 30w pregnant, just had my flu + pneumonia shots. the p.a. recommended for me the dtap shot for whooping cough too. should i get it?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: Only if you are at high risk, otherwise wait until after delivering your baby.

Question 2

how can you distinguish between bronchitis, pneumonia and whooping cough?

Accepted Answer

Whooping cough: has a distinct cough. Bronchitis and pneumonia may be difficult to tell apart but many times bronchitis on an X-ray will not show whereas pneumonia should.

Question 3

i am 16 weeks pregnant and have flu. my employer's baby (12 weeks old) who i have a lot of contact with, was recently admitted to hospital with pneumonia and whooping cough. will it be advisable for me to rather contact my doctor for an appointment?

Accepted Answer

Some basics: I would. Lots of contact with an infant with whooping cough makes you at risk for it &amp; if you already have flu it may be more intense. Your doc could give you preventive meds to avoid the worst of it. In adults it causes a bronchitis with a prolonged cough lasting months. It is not so risky to the fetus but could make you a carrier that infects others.

Question 4

how likely is it for a vaccinated with a booster shot adult to get whooping cough?

Accepted Answer

Odd wording: The material in the TdaP is not alive and cannot give anybody whooping cough. An adult who has not received a whooping cough booster within the past 10 years has the potential to get it if exposed (immunity has weakened).Adults can get a terrible chronic cough (3+months)  but are not terribly sick from it. The main worry comes if they pass it to a small infant who can die from it.

Question 5

how often do you need to get a whooping cough shot to avoid it?

Accepted Answer

Pertussis: There is high pertussis vaccine coverage for children nationwide. However, protection from the childhood vaccine decreases over time. Preteens, teens and adults need to be revaccinated, even if they were completely vaccinated as children.

Question 6

can a child under 5 years get the whooping cough even though he received his shots as scheduled?

Accepted Answer

Whooping cough: The pertussis vaccine is only ~ 80-85% effective. That is why it is so important that all children be completely immunized. The greater the # of immunized children around each individual greatly decreases the chance of an exposure of an immunized child and hence illness in that child. This is called "herd immunity"., .

Question 7

what will happen if i got my whooping cough shot while pregnant?

Accepted Answer

Baby protection: It will boost moms antibody protection against the whooping cough, which is probably low unless she had a shot within a couple of years. Mom's antibodies are then passed to baby and provide baby with good protection for several months.This helps sure mom doesn't get the illness and pass it to her baby and helps protect baby during the period before they can get and develop protection from shots.

Question 8

why did i still get whooping cough as a child even after having all the vaccine shots?

Accepted Answer

Imperfect vaccine: Unfortunately the vaccine for pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is not perfect. Even with a full course of vaccines, you can still get infected. While this is probably true for all vaccines, the pertussis vaccine is a prime example. If you are planning to have children, you should consider getting a booster vaccine. Newborns can have a fatal infection without ever developing a cough.

Question 9

hi i got a whooping cough shot in 2011 today i cut myself on a drity bench. do i night to get a tetanus shot ?

Accepted Answer

Depends: If you received the TdaP, or the more current whooping cough shot that contains the tetanus toxoid you are protected. Since that is the only whooping cough shot now given to adults I expect that you did. The tetanus booster within that shot gives you 10 years of protection from date of administration.

Question 10

is it normal for your arm to be numb days after getting a shot? i got the whooping cough shot

Accepted Answer

At injection site: On occasion, the needle of the vaccine can touch a nerve at the site of injection, leaving a feeling of numbness.  More than likely, the feeling will very gradually return.  It would be unlikely for the numbness to involve the entire arm.

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I am 16 weeks pregnant and have flu. my employer's baby (12 weeks old) who i have a lot of contact with, was recently admitted to hospital with pneumonia and whooping cough. will it be advisable for me to rather contact my doctor for an appointment?

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How likely is it for a vaccinated with a booster shot adult to get whooping cough?

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How often do you need to get a whooping cough shot to avoid it?

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Can a child under 5 years get the whooping cough even though he received his shots as scheduled?

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What will happen if i got my whooping cough shot while pregnant?

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Why did i still get whooping cough as a child even after having all the vaccine shots?

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Hi i got a whooping cough shot in 2011 today i cut myself on a drity bench. do i night to get a tetanus shot ?

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