what respiratory disease is also known as whooping cough?

November 15th, 2009 | by admin |


pertussis

  1. 7 Responses to “what respiratory disease is also known as whooping cough?”

  2. By boulderchiro on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply

    pertussis
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  3. By boredgal on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply

    Pertussis
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  4. By poo6473 on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply

    Pertussis (also called whooping cough) is a highly contagious disease that causes severe coughing spells. Children with pertussis develop thick, sticky mucus in the windpipe, which causes a series of a dozen or more short coughs in rapid succession. The "whoop" is the loud gasp children make as they struggle to breathe in through narrowed airway passages between the coughing spasms.
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  5. By mrahman_0205 on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply

    i dont know hun but i heard from my parents that my grandma died by whooping cough when i was five or so
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  6. By katbg on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply

    Whooping cough – or pertussis – is an infection of the respiratory system caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis (or B. pertussis). It’s characterized by severe coughing spells that end in a "whooping" sound when the person breathes in.
    Despite the vaccine, recently, the adult cases of whooping cough are on the rise in developed countries.

    If you want to hear what the whooping sound sounds like go to this website:
    http://www.whoopingcough.net/
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  7. By thqueen2941b on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply

    Pertussis
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  8. By ruby s on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply

    whooping cough is when there is whoop at the end of a major cough..if your child has whooping cough they are very infectious and should be taken to a doctor cause whooping cough can kill…there is another name for this pertussis.
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