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A member asked:
I have been sick from friday to today. i might have whooping cough. what are the symptoms are?
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Yes it could be: In an adult whooping cough present different that in children but now a days it is adults with a persistent cough infecting small non immunized children, see your dr. There are available testing ther is treatment and there is avaccine that can be used in adults.Until you know stay away from babies or any immunocompromised person.
Answered 7/9/2013
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