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What Are The Symptoms Of Whooping Cough?

Hello, my mother has been coughing a lot lately, and I mean A LOT! I have a feeling it might be whooping cough because it is so vicious and non stop when she starts. I am starting to get worried about her :/ My question is what are the symptoms of whooping cough and are there any sure fire ways to tell if she has it? Also what are the best ways to treat it?
Tue, 21 Oct 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
Whooping cough is seen maily in children who have not taken the vaccine.
So if you are vaccinated than no need to worry at all.
The symptoms of whooping cough are
1. Chronic braking type of cough. The sound is very loud like barking of dog.
2. Fever, sweating
3. Throat pain
4. Cervical lymphadenopathy
And to diagnose this we need to isolate B.Pertusis in throat swab.
So in my opinion you are not having whooping cough, so no need to worry about this. You may have severe upper respiratory tract infection (URTI).
So avoid hot and spicy , oily food, drink plenty of fluids, antibiotic with antihistamines and anti inflammatory drugs, warm saline gargles 4-5 times a day. This will mostly help you.
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What Are The Symptoms Of Whooping Cough?

Thanks for your question on HCM. Whooping cough is seen maily in children who have not taken the vaccine. So if you are vaccinated than no need to worry at all. The symptoms of whooping cough are 1. Chronic braking type of cough. The sound is very loud like barking of dog. 2. Fever, sweating 3. Throat pain 4. Cervical lymphadenopathy And to diagnose this we need to isolate B.Pertusis in throat swab. So in my opinion you are not having whooping cough, so no need to worry about this. You may have severe upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). So avoid hot and spicy , oily food, drink plenty of fluids, antibiotic with antihistamines and anti inflammatory drugs, warm saline gargles 4-5 times a day. This will mostly help you.