These bacteria can also spread from hand to nose when the hand has been in contact with the bacteria. For example, if your child has been infected and you rub their nose with a tissue and wipe your nose the other kids, you have a bacterial infection spread through your hands.
70-100% of people who lived in the same house with the patient will usually be infected with whooping cough.
Whooping cough is a respiratory tract infection (infection of the lungs) which causes attacks of coughing repeatedly. The infection is caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis. Pertussis is another name for whooping cough. The disease is particularly serious if there is in infants aged less than 6 months. Babies are usually with whooping cough need to be hospitalized. Children and adults can also suffer from this disease. Usually children and adults affected by whooping cough will not look sick, but they could have a cough for weeks. There are immunizations to prevent whooping cough. Children who have been immunized can still get whooping cough but usually not serious.
Whooping cough is very contagious. Often other family members or others who frequently come into contact with patients are also infected. Whooping cough is highly contagious during 3 weeks before and 3 weeks after the cough begins. If your child is given antibiotics, they can still transmit the infection of the disease until they have been taking antibiotics for five days. Antibiotics should be given to all the people who live in the same house or who make contact with your child while they are in the transmission.
Prevention
Complete immunization of children is the best way to control whooping cough.
Vaccinations given to children ages 2, 4, 6 months, and at the age of 4 years.
All parents with children aged under 8 years should check whether their child's immunization schedule has been on schedule and ask your doctor to immunize children left behind.
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