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whooping cough

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Whooping cough is a bacterial disease caused by a bacterium. This bacterium, called Bordetella pertussis, causes this infection and can even kill the patient. Whooping cough is one of the diseases that we get most often in the cold seasons of the year. This disease mostly affects children and babies. What are the symptoms of whooping cough? The initial symptoms of this disease include congestion, runny nose, fever, and cough, and as the cough progresses, it becomes more severe, worse, and non-stop to the point where it even stops a person from breathing. Because the symptoms of whooping cough are so similar to a cold, it is often not diagnosed. However, the difference between the cough of this disease and a cold is a scream-like sound that is heard after all the air is expelled from the lungs following exhalation with the mouth open. How to prevent whooping cough? In the best case, the occurrence of whooping cough can be prevented with the help of vaccination. Vaccines should be administered at the ages of two, four and six months and repeated at around 15 to 18 months and again before starting school between the ages of 4 and 6. In recent years, timely vaccination of children has significantly reduced the number of cases of whooping cough, however, there is still a possibility that some children will be infected. In some cases, with the passage of time, the effects of pertussis vaccination make a person susceptible to infection in adulthood. This usually happens to people with a weak immune system or those who travel to infected areas where there is a high chance of encountering people with whooping cough. The severity of this disease is mild in adults and more severe in pregnant women; In these cases, the risk of transmission of infection from mother to baby also increases. How is whooping cough treated? Whooping cough is a bacterial infection and can be treated with antibiotics, usually from the erythromycin family, within two weeks. If the doctor prescribes antibiotics, the patient must take all the prescribed doses. Early termination of the treatment period can lead to the relapse of the disease with a higher severity than before. In more severe cases, the person may need to be hospitalized, sometimes in the intensive care unit, in which case a breathing tube is inserted into the patient's throat and until the infection is cured, this tube is responsible for protecting the respiratory tract and helping the patient to breathe. has it.