Whooping Cough Treatment
Whooping cough is an infectious bacterial illness that affects the respiratory passages. First described in the 1640s, whooping cough is so named because spasms of coughing are punctuated by a characteristic "whoop" sound when the person inhales deeply after a coughing spell.Whooping cough is one of the most common vaccine-preventable disease among children younger than 5 years of age in the United States. It is also known aspertussis -- the "P" in the familiar DTaP combination inoculation routinely given to children and the "p" in Tdap given to adolescents and adults.
Whooping cough is an infectious bacterial illness that affects the respiratory passages. First described in the 1640s, whooping cough is so named because spasms of coughing are punctuated by a characteristic "whoop" sound when the person inhales deeply after a coughing spell.Whooping cough is one of the most common vaccine-preventable disease among children younger than 5 years of age in the United States. It is also known as