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Do you think i'm getting whooping cough if i have a light raspy cough and a cold at the same time or i could just be getting a cold?
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Common cold: There is nothing slight or raspy about the pertussis cough. It is loud, obvious and intrusive. You should check however that you had a tetanus-pertussis booster vaccine sometime after age 15 or so. Pertussis is enjoying a resurgence that is very preventable.
Answered 2/6/2016
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