Please share an interesting fact about parenting a child with whooping cough.

Ignore: After three weeks, medication doesn't work well with whooping cough.

Ignore: Even vaccinated people still need prophylactic antibiotics--so the whole family needs treatment!

Ignore: Pertussis is the medical name for WHOOPING COUGH. Children will require a booster shot at age 12.

Ignore: Pass on to everyone how important it is to get your child immunized, to prevent whooping cough.

Whooping: Whooping cough causes serious and life-threatening illness in infants but milder illness in adults.

Ignore: Tiring cough for the kid without shots when it can be prevented.

Ignore: Each family member should be vaccinated against whooping cough.

Ignore: Family members exposed to an infected child should all be treated with antibiotics to reduce spread.

Ignore: When babies catch whooping cough, the symptoms can be very serious. Half are hospitalized.

Ignore: Vaccinating your kids is the best way to prevent this condition.

Ignore: Treating with antibiotics during the early phase of whooping cough shortens the infectivity length.

Ignore: Children with whooping cough often have pauses in their breathing while sleeping.

Ignore: Get the child to the ER when you hear a whooping cough as soon as possible. Disease can be lethal.

Ignore: Babies die from Pertussis. Be sure and keep your older child away from babies. It is deadly!

A: A simple nasal swab and blood count with differential will make the diagnosis.

Ignore: If child acquires whooping cough, parents, siblings, close contacts should be screened for infection.

Ignore: Pertussis immunization will minimize and eliminate the risk of Whooping Cough.

So contagious!: Pertussis (whooping cough) is very contagious. It can infect up to 80–90% of susceptible household contacts. If you or your child has been diagnosed, close contacts (especially children and elderly) might need antibiotics as well, even if they have no symptoms.