Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Bordetella pertussisis the bacteria that cause whooping cough. It is highly contagious and is sometimes fatal in young children, especially babies. The infection is preventable with vaccination; however, it is often unrecognized in older children and adults. The infection us...
GERD affects many Americans, and chronic cough is estimated to affect 11 percent of the US population. However, it's difficult to determine the actual percentage of chronic cough that GERD is causing. Other issues can cause a chronic cough. These includeasthma, nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis...
As a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist, I have seen the varying impact flu has had on my patients as influenza can affect people differently, especially those who have a higher risk of flu complications, including older adults and young children.Classic flu symptomsare often mild and ...
Compared with subjects without the relevant respiratory history, the rate of decline was not significantly associated with pneumonia (mean difference, 0.2; 95% confidence interval, 6.1 to +5.8ml/yr), whooping cough (0.7, 5.1 to +6.5ml/yr), wheeze by age 7yr (0.4, 5 to +5.9ml/yr), or...
They wanted to give me the three in one (including whooping cough) vaccine but I strongly said no. I remember I had the tetanus shot 10 years ago and was tired, almost like a chronic fatigue, for a month. Today is day three and I'm feeling exhausted again all day long. Fortunately...
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