Whooping Cough (Pertussis): All You Need to Know
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of whooping cough (pertussis). Whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable disease, but local outbreaks still happen every few years. Since it's highly contagious, we need to recognize patients with whooping cough, treat them as soon as possible, and do whatever we can to prevent the spread to the most vulnerable populations, especially infants. You will learn about the diagnostic tests for Bordetella pertussis (the cause of whooping cough) and about antibiotics and vaccines that we use to keep this disease in check.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Symptoms of whooping cough (pertussis)
01:38 Whooping cough in infants
02:34 Whole-cell vaccines against pertussis
03:30 Acellular vaccines against pertussis
05:57 Vaccination schedule and recommendations for whooping cough
06:40 Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy
07:56 Treatment of whooping cough
09:10 Post-exposure prophylaxis for whooping cough
10:41 Diagnostic tests for Bordetella pertussis
REFERENCES & RECOMMENDED READING:
1. Decker MD, Edwards KM. Pertussis (Whooping Cough). J Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 30;224(Suppl 4):S310-20.
2. Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Clinical Information | CDC [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2023 Nov 23]. Available from: www.cdc.gov/pertussis/clinica...
Massive rise in London UK right now. I have also got it now its terrible cannot sleep
So helpful. THANK YOU!
I found this helpful as it provides the basic knowledge require
Wow.. good work
Great video just had it at the same time as my son was absolutely horrific still recovering months later.
Thanks for this video. My children are in the 9th week. It's horror. No sleep for our children and for us. Constant fear of not being able to breathe. Now I'm in the 5th week too. At first I had cramps in my stomach area due to the strong cough. I ended up injuring a bone due to my cough and also had unbelievably bad pain with every little cough. With my children it is less now, but it is still there. Vaccinate yourself and your children against it if you haven't had it. It's a really bad disease and no doctor has diagnosed it in us. We figured it out ourselves after seeing the symptoms on CZcams. Unfortunately too late.
Hi , how are you and your kids right now ?
Great video as always, thank you so much for you excellent work!
I’m on week 9. I’ve stopped being sick everytime i cough and I’m coughing a lot less but i’m now struggling to breathe and i’m now breathing with what sounds like popping candy on my chest. It’s literally never ending!! I’m so sick of this illness!! 🤧 doctors asked if anyone in my household have caught it.. i said i’m the only one that has so he said it’s definitely not whooping cough then.. BUT I HAVE ALL THE SYMPTOMS!!! I was never vaccinated as a baby but my daughter and partner were.
your lungs have temporarily lost the ability to clear dirt and particles and will last for a while longer. If you breath through your nose , it'll filter out some of that and you will cough less
That is rubbish I have whooping cough and nobody in my house has caught it either. I’m on week 5 still got a cough hoping I dnt get them breathing issues back again scared me to death
How you feel now ?
Week 12@@Hovsep231 Got diagnosed with Strep throat. Got Amoxicillin. Right lung is fine but left lung never got better. 2 weeks later which is last week, got the more powerful antibiotics after again getting diagnosed with strep throat. It sort of helping but my left lung/throat is still not healing completely. I have an appointment with ear/nose/throat specialist on Friday.
I got it but my husband didn't. He must have some natural immunity.
Bro my muscles in the chest hurts so bad like when I cough it fucking hurts bro
Got adult whopping cough. Took antibiotics. No longer whooping as much but still coughing my head off, going on 4 + weeks now.
Question… should I get a vaccine booster? Is that a good idea? and if so how long do I have to wait to get one?
Outbreak in the Uk june 2024 too.
I believe I gave this I have been sick for almost two months with this cough and went 5 times to doctors but no one listens to me that this it’s not normal for my body so they didn’t help and they didn’t diagnose it
Me too, I’ve been coughing my lungs up for weeks. It’s only recently that I’ve been gasping for air and feeling like I’m suffocating after coughing and it’s so scary but no one is taking me seriously :( Hope you’re doing better.
It's really horrific
Same! Textbook symptoms for one month including a fever and raised CRP. Passing out from coughing, vomiting from it and awake all night with non stop intense coughing. The doctor keeps saying it's "just a cold" so zero antibiotics for me 😔
waiting for test results, had pertussus twice so far, once as a kid, again with 3 kids, two who also got sick, including a two month old baby
Flying in a plane helps to stop coughing. It was tested by millions of ill people. My daughter is also sick with this disease and we've planned to fly also
i think my 2yo has it. He was like normal sick for 2 days then he started with that awful cough. yesterday was last fever day. today last night was a horror sleeping. he was up like 3/4 times coughing and had that wheezing sound in between bits. i was crying this morning because the poor angel doesnt even know whats happening and it scared me. He has no fever at all now and the coughing is nowhere near as bad during the day as at night which i heard on another video is quite normal... idk whether to take him to dr or not. i dont trust them tbh. and if antibiotics wont help him i dont see much sense in it
Actually Philippines we have a outbreak 😢
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I’m 46 and was never vaccinated. Got it from my 10 yr old after we went to the England Brazil game at Wembley where I think he got it. My son was vaccinated as a baby. My doctor referred my details to UKHSA who never called as had been led to believe they would. Guess there’s too much of it around for them to trace. The difficulty breathing is the scariest part. After 6 weeks I’m still producing the thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe although coughing bouts have reduced. Had Amoxicillin after 1 week (no affect) then had clarithromycin after 3 weeks, which did help to calm the bouts a little. It’s weird how the nose suddenly produces mucus during a coughing bout and eyes suddenly go bloodshot but the crackles on the chest subside with good rest, lots of water and deep breathing. Box breathing is helping me get rest and mini naps during the day, however can’t sleep on my side due to painful ribs/diaphragm.
Week 4 , has anyone fainted ? I woke up down the side of the toilet 😮
This virus saw me and said, "you got a right Pertussis mouth."
Cornwall, England. Age 54 I’m on week 3 and my lethargy has stopped me working and still get coughing burst that make me vomit. Up tonight because I’m wheezing and rattling but can’t clear anything. Required antibiotics clarithromycin for longer than expected.
So tired.
I’m in Cornwall too, age 32, going into week 5 with no sign of it slowing. This is the longest I’ve been this ill and can totally relate to your comment. It feels as though my airway is completely sealed shut after a coughing fit, absolutely bloody hideous! I’m into running and lifting weights but just haven’t been able to go anywhere near it for the entire time, it’s truly miserable!
Me too.. the high doses of vitamin C constantly through the day breaks up mucus and helps the dry throat..its a god send. Ascorbic acid from Intralabs uk. 1/4 teaspoon is 1 gram.
14wks and i still have it. I just had the cough which was only every now and then but now iv picked up a cold from somewhere and im coughing like crazy and struggling to breathe again. Doctors say there is nothing they can do. I dont get why i got it though as i had my whooping cough vaccination 8 years ago 😷
Me too, I’ve been coughing my lungs up for weeks. It’s only recently that I’ve been gasping for air and feeling like I’m suffocating after coughing and it’s so scary but no one is taking me seriously :( Hope you’re doing better.
he mentioned immunity dissipates over the years and within 5 years you're more likely to get it so that makes sense
This is a terrible illness. There is no adequate testing. There is no adequate vaccine for adults. I've had covid 19 during the pandemic, that was like an itch compared to Pertussis. In the middle of Paroxysmal stage, violent cough, blackouts, stomach muscles pulled to pieces, no sleep. I'm 57 and lived in the UK all my life. Never had whooping cough, and have never known anyone have it until now.
This is a definite pandemic and needs to be addressed. Eight babies lives lost so far this year to whooping cough, how many through covid19 ?
I have it too. Im 35 and have asthma. I’m about 6 weeks in now and I’ve had 3 sets of antibiotics and 1 set of setroids. There’s a blood test you can get from the GP and it tests for whooping cough. Very easily tested. I’ve had covid and this is much worse.
Hello doctor,,,
My names is mohamed ragab ammar, i am a medical student in the second year
i have a question,,,, if i have a patient with the whooping cough sound, he already pass the first catarrhal stage
should i give him Erythromycin or i have to wait for the recovery
and if the cough isn't tolerated at night can i give him antitussive " he has no phlegm"
thank you.
375mg vitamin C to each kg of body weight mixed with bicarb of soda, bicarb makes it non bitter and easy to drink plenty of. Tasteless too. It will break up the mucus after a few days or less. The vit C helps preserve the villi in the bronchi
I have whooping cough I’m on week 5 I still get episodes of coughing fits and extreme tiredness.. I had complete closure of my throat couldn’t breathe in at all for a min at a time was frightening.. wish I’d wud do one it’s awful took me 4 doc trip and one hospital they didn’t seem to care now I got anxiety from the periods of not being able to breathe 😮
Awful. I am in the same boat. Scary.
It's terrifying when that happens. You will breathe though as your lungs are automatically programmed to do so. Even if they stop for a few seconds. Your epiglottis closes when you cough t and it gets swollen when you have whooping cough and opens again slowly which means you find it harder to breathe When it happened to me I blacked out, but came to quickly breathing normally. I think it's a bit of anxiety about it for me as I have asthma.
It scares me and my throat tightens. I try to breathe through my nose when it happens and down to my lungs that way. It seems to help. It's very scary.
Inhaler helps too ?
@@carolined5923 I have asthma so I use the steroid one everyday , as I have to, but I have used my blue reliever one when my chest has got really tight and it helped.
You're right they don't care
I've had these symptoms for over a month now, im fainting snd vomiting from coughing all night, my ribs are killing me and have taken time off work. My doctor absolutely refuses to prescribe antibiotics for it saying its "just a cold"..
You have a good doctor
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we are going to die bro
@@Gray_mksame my lungs feel like there gonna explode
@@hjgu-dy8vb rip
I have it and you need to take some strong antibiotics
I’m unsure what’s wrong with me but I’ve had a cough for +12 months. I’ve had chest xray and multiple antibiotics. Doctors keep telling me my lungs are fine airway is clear
If there's no whoop, and they can't see anything in your airways, it could possibly be GI generated. Reflux coughs?
Not all adults get the whooping sound
@@carolined5923 but the bacterium should be there, if it's pertussis
Shit..Yup I've just got it my lungs are already bad from smoking cough cough think your going to die because you cant get your breath Wheeeeze and mucus
I got it and it's horrible you feel like you can't breathe in when coughing
My lungs are gonna explode and I feel like I am gonna pass out
Oh and let’s not forget the vomiting and the loss of appetite
I had whooping cough from second week (horrible), nose congestion - still have now and i cough way less still whooping cough and i got bad pain in my right rib from cough, luckily its better now. But this sickness is long term.
I have a 1 month old baby with whooping cough. So far we have been told that we should only call hospital if she turns blue.. I am not sure what to do? Is there any way i can help soften the symptoms?
Same my 1 month old baby is also having whooping cough but he only gets red while having cough so the doctors said its ok to be red u have to come hosp only if he gets blue or if he stops breathing for long
How is ur baby now i am using nebuliser for him only and nothing else i can do hes so small is this whooping cough deadly for my 1 month old plz let me know 😭
@@FAZALWAHAB-kp5ln They said the same thing for my girl.. It seems a bit insane to give that advice right? What I realised is anytime she has that cough to sit her upright, pat her back firmly, if she is struggling to breath gently blow on her face until she comes back to it.
I have also been trying as much possible to keep windows open, get fresh circulation.
Breast feeding I heard helps the baby with antibodies, so do as much of that as you can.
It will pass soon, inshallah for the both of us .
You need to try dokey milk ,it is known to treat this.
Cows milk stimulates mucus production avoid it