tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post114370541521224068..comments2023-12-14T11:24:36.124-08:00Comments on Dr. Razavi's Good to Know Info: Whooping Cough, Why Worry?Dr. Taraneh Razavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675371554300820745noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-82116251789037705862013-03-04T13:22:08.729-08:002013-03-04T13:22:08.729-08:00 Thanks, I saw the Dr. which is why I posted the q... Thanks, I saw the Dr. which is why I posted the question as she prescribed me zpak. But with the symptoms getting better everyday, and the worst of them behind me, It made no sense to start taking anitbiotics. I have not gotten worse, but I can see why it is called the 100 day cough. It is brutal. I am in day 60 or so. Thanks for your answer. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858708454738696417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-26968540959024525362013-03-01T18:59:26.075-08:002013-03-01T18:59:26.075-08:00If the cough is due to pertussis and it has been t...If the cough is due to pertussis and it has been this long since it started then antibiotics are not recommended at this point. However, if you have had a persistent cough it would be a good idea to see your physician to rule out any other causes.<br />The vaccine is in general recommended.Dr. Taraneh Razavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675371554300820745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-638579530171065202013-03-01T12:35:08.837-08:002013-03-01T12:35:08.837-08:00My son (who is 12 and vaccinated) came home with a...My son (who is 12 and vaccinated) came home with a letter saying he was exposed to pertussis. As I looked it up, I realize I have had its symptoms for over 6 weeks now, 2 weeks ago, the cough hit its worst point. Though it is slowly getting better, I still have a 5 or 6 bouts a day. Is there any sense in taking antibiotics at this point? The vaccine?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858708454738696417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-77623534180910944472012-07-09T22:52:04.777-07:002012-07-09T22:52:04.777-07:00My 8 yr old was just diagnosed positive for pertus...My 8 yr old was just diagnosed positive for pertussis and is up to date with his immunizations. His 5th dose was when he was four years old. The vaccine is only about 80 percent effective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-67547812679752014852011-07-05T15:54:30.227-07:002011-07-05T15:54:30.227-07:00Dr. My 3 week old infant had whooping cough, and w...Dr. My 3 week old infant had whooping cough, and we don't know how she got it. No one in my family was sick. What worries me is that she never coughed, she would only turn red in her sleep. She no longer turns red now that she is 4 months old but it did effect her sleep. She can only catnap for 40 min at a time and twitches in her sleep in the morning hours every 2 min for hours! The dr doesn't know what it is, she says somehow the whooping cough affected her. Another dr says she is nervous due to immature nervous system and because I had anxiety during pregnancy and it will go away???? Do u have any advice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-43436262679968555322011-02-16T22:39:56.090-08:002011-02-16T22:39:56.090-08:00In general natural immunity should be long lasting...In general natural immunity should be long lasting. However, the only way to be certain is by checking antibody titers. Consult with your doctor to see if you are a candidate for a booster vaccine.Dr. Taraneh Razavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675371554300820745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-72980877645974549912011-02-16T01:46:01.607-08:002011-02-16T01:46:01.607-08:00At 4 I had whooping cough. At 35 my 3 children cau...At 4 I had whooping cough. At 35 my 3 children caught it (modified as they had been immunised)plus my husband got it. I nursed them all with not even a snifle. I assume my immunity kicked in. I am now 60 and hope I am still immune<br />GillianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-7527293910046781852010-06-04T22:12:55.681-07:002010-06-04T22:12:55.681-07:00I contracted whooping cough in November. It is no...I contracted whooping cough in November. It is now early June and I still have issues with white mucus that I have to constantly clear from my throat. I coughed violently for about three months, and on several occasions was convinced I would die...no exaggeration...it took being shuffled around from specialist to specialist to finally get an accurate diagnosis. Unless someone experiences this vicious illness, 'he' will never know what a curse this truly is. It is infuriating to read literature stating that this disease is usually 'milder' in adults.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-34228969908243303942009-01-29T23:02:00.000-08:002009-01-29T23:02:00.000-08:00I had whooping cough in 2005 at least thats what t...I had whooping cough in 2005 at least thats what the doctors think i had i was givin an antibiotic before any tests were conducted killing the virus but the symptoms still remained. after antibiotics are givin they were not able to determain exactly what virus i had. It was the sickest i have ever been in my whole life. i would not wish it on anyone. the coughing got so bad that my air ways closed off for minutes at a time there were mulituple emergancy room visits. it took 2 mounths for me to get over the worst of it but for a year after any slight cold i got would turn into a huge deal because my emun system was shot and i found out i have perminant lung damage because of the whooping cough. i was very sick. i honestly thought i was going to die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-22457240445625947652009-01-24T10:20:00.000-08:002009-01-24T10:20:00.000-08:00Well gee..........I'll take the whooping cough any...Well gee..........I'll take the whooping cough anytime to the 33 years I have had to witness my son seizures. He suffered adverse reactions to his childhood vaccines. He is non verbal and still in diapers. On so many anticonvulsants that anyone would gag. IT HAS BEEN HELL FOR HIM!<BR/>Yes----worry and be informed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-83189668468865984892008-11-19T09:53:00.000-08:002008-11-19T09:53:00.000-08:00If you truly contracted whooping cough as a child ...If you truly contracted whooping cough as a child then you most likely have developed antibodies which should make it less likely to get whooping cough again. However, for any persistent cough it is a good idea to consult your doctor.Dr. Taraneh Razavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675371554300820745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-71335554973347175342008-11-19T07:56:00.000-08:002008-11-19T07:56:00.000-08:00My 5 yr old daughter started this 6 weeks ago. By...My 5 yr old daughter started this 6 weeks ago. By the 3 week I took her in to the DR. and was told she had a mild touch of Bronchitis. She was put on Zithromax and breathing treatments and she got over it in another couple weeks. Meanwhile I started about the time I took her in. It's been a month and I'm still coughing, though not as violently. My back is killing me though! I went to the DR two weeks ago and was told my lungs were fine. Now my son (7) has started the violent coughing. Everyone we know has this here in Orlando, FL. We keep being told it's a virus, but people keep coughing for weeks and months at a time. How can the medical community not see what's going on, but we can? Now my daughter is starting the cough again. Is it the same thing or something new? Can she be reexposed from me and my son? <BR/><BR/>We're doing a echinea, zinc,& slippery elm losenges. Also, lots of vitamin c and elderberry supplements, which are good for the lungs. But the best thing that has worked for us is pau d'arco tea. It thins the secrections and seems to calm the coughing fits. It's a delicious tea, especially with honey. My son woke up coughing so bad one night, I gave him half a cup and settled him down and he slept thru the night. We do 3 cups a day each and it is helping. I hope this ends soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-39213708019308388572008-11-18T21:43:00.000-08:002008-11-18T21:43:00.000-08:00I contracted whooping cough when I was just a few ...I contracted whooping cough when I was just a few months old. I haven't been vaccinated since, I'm 17, and I've had a wicked cough for about 3 weeks now. It's not quite as severe sounding as whooping cough, but there's still time for it to worsen. The only person who I know that has had a bad cough is a close friend, but it definitely wasn't whooping cough. I was wondering if it is possible to contract it again? I may visit the doctor near the end of the week if there is no change, or my symptoms become worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-86623516782580062412008-07-14T16:21:00.000-07:002008-07-14T16:21:00.000-07:00Dear Miss RichardsonIt depends on how long your da...Dear Miss Richardson<BR/><BR/>It depends on how long your daughter has had the whooping cough. If it's in the first week then antibiotics may be useful. However, since it usually takes longer than a week to diagnose this disease, the mainstay of treatment is supportive - inhalers, mucus thinners, etc. It's a very tough condition to have for a child that young and it can be quite scary. I wish you both well.Dr. Taraneh Razavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675371554300820745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-18792018530543570162008-07-14T13:46:00.000-07:002008-07-14T13:46:00.000-07:00my eleven year old has had the vaccine. But has di...my eleven year old has had the vaccine. But has different strain of wooping cough that seems just as bad she`s been sick and can`t get her breath seems just as bad to me any tips.Our doc say`s there`s nothing he can give her karen UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-3422222223132095572008-05-08T08:21:00.000-07:002008-05-08T08:21:00.000-07:00My wife and I both contracted Whooping Cough aroun...My wife and I both contracted Whooping Cough around December 2007. It's now May 2008 and I STILL am having episodes of coughing throughout the day (hacking productive cough, no whoop finally) and often at night (my wife to a much lesser degree). I broke a rib in December from coughing so hard. I went to ER and was told I have bronchitis. Not!!! Once you have the unmistakable "Whoop" it's an easy diagnosis. This has been an unbelievable orderal. Adding insult to injury, doctors don't want to diagnos this disease for what it really is (for whatever reason?). Please please get the vaccine as soon as possible. This is such a horrible disease. You don't want to get this!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-11001916995743761932008-03-30T18:51:00.000-07:002008-03-30T18:51:00.000-07:00I contracted whooping cough about a month ago, it ...I contracted whooping cough about a month ago, it started out like a bad cold for the first few days and eventually turned into this dry cough a week later, I thought I had bronchitis and didnt bother going to the doctor until a week later as usually they say they cant give you anything for it because its a virus. When I finally went to her she gave me anibiotics which didnt do much. My cough was so bad I had to sleep sitting up at night and dreaded going to bed. I coughed up yellow mucus for weeks and was so tired my rb cage and back hurt. I thought I would burst a vain in my neck the cough was so violent and forceful. It has been a month now and after the second visit to my Dr 3 weeks after I first had my cold symptoms I am on different antibiotics and am coughing less at night. I am 46 yrs old and was imunized as a child. Like many on this site I have never felt so sick in my life. I am not asthmatic do not smoke etc etc. I thought I may be susceptible to bronchitis as my mum gets it but its got nothing on this horrible disease. By the time the doctor takes your symptoms seriously or orders tests youve probably already spread it to a few or more people! I wish you all a speedy recovery and if you are in the early stages and you think you may have it push the point at the clinic and try to insist on tests early! I wish all a good recovery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-28403085487988570872007-12-09T17:22:00.000-08:002007-12-09T17:22:00.000-08:00My family went through this 2004. My sister contr...My family went through this 2004. My sister contracted whooping cough in the last couple of weeks before giving birth to a healthy baby boy. The dr's all told her the cough she had was labor induced asthma. After visiting her and heading home I too got this really bad cough. Her son died at 18 days old. An autopsy found he died from whooping cough. Her other too children got it. Our mother and another sister also came down with it. This was reported to the cdc and our respective county health departments. Medically we were treated like pariahs, shuttled up and down back doors, given masks, the nurse at my childs pediatrian office refused to take my check. I coughed so severly that I had to be hospitalized, I lost bladder control, vomited mucus, and damaged the cartiledge between my ribs. Doing the simplist things would bring on coughing fits. This went on for six months. I NEVER want to go through this again. GET IMMUNIZED!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-22853904204268327652007-12-07T05:17:00.000-08:002007-12-07T05:17:00.000-08:00P.S. In case anyone thinks my medical community w...P.S. In case anyone thinks my medical community was ill prepared because I live in the back country somewhere, I don't. Both my doctor and hospital are in large upscale subburbs of Los Angeles! Hopefully things have changed since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-2818998921082017022007-12-07T05:13:00.000-08:002007-12-07T05:13:00.000-08:00I developed a severe cough in July 2005 that broug...I developed a severe cough in July 2005 that brought me to the ER only to be misdiagnosed with Asthma. Two weeks later, the whoop started at the end of the coughed jags, but my doctor was not prepared in her office to swab for it, nor was the hospital! It wasn't until late into the whole ordeal that I realized what it was and my doctor finally gave me a probable diagnosis with no report to the CDC. It was almost exactly 100 days of pure hell. The amazing thing and the thing I am most grateful for is that I co-slept with my children the entire time, both of whom are not vaccinated due to severe allergies, and neither contracted it! I'm wondering what you recommend for children who for various reasons are not vaccinated. Since my kids were both so closely exposed, is there a chance they've already got the immunity? Can I have their blood tested for it? I have one child with severe chronic sinusitis and asthma and I cannot imagine how she'd manage through what I experienced!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-32555329163316899022007-11-08T17:46:00.000-08:002007-11-08T17:46:00.000-08:00NY resident.my husband brought home Whooping cough...NY resident.<BR/>my husband brought home Whooping cough 38 days ago. (test came back possitive)<BR/><BR/>he's better now. <BR/><BR/>im still choking on on thick, clear, mucus. i have to spit up every half hour or i start to choke and cant breathe. <BR/><BR/>help. i've had steroids and antibiotics (started within 1st week diagnosed.)<BR/><BR/>how long will this go on? i feel like my life has completely stopped because of this. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for any help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-70599257745687985312007-10-18T06:59:00.000-07:002007-10-18T06:59:00.000-07:00I'm seventeen and have had the whooping cough sinc...I'm seventeen and have had the whooping cough since september. I have every single symptom of it yet every doctor I have been to refuses to diagnose it as whooping cough, especially as all my immunisations are up-to-date: 'yea, it sounds like whooping cough, but all your immunisations are up-to-date so I don't see how it can be'. I recently was speaking to a girl who also had the virus for very long time yet every doctor she went to said it was a viral cough that would disappear in about three weeks. She had it for ten months and eventually went to an older doctor who confirmed she had whooping cough, but she was told not to tell anyone she had it, so perhaps the reason cases of whooping cough have been increasing in recent years is because anyone who does have it is unaware as their doctor is deliberately not diagnosing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-26122858354441824012007-10-02T12:15:00.000-07:002007-10-02T12:15:00.000-07:00My two daughters, 4 & 2 years old, have been sick ...My two daughters, 4 & 2 years old, have been sick for 27 days now. Our first suspicion was just a nasty virus, but then it started looking like the whooping cough bacteria, as the coughing fits entailed a whoop and vomiting of this thick sticky mucous. I had a throat culture done(which wasn't a 6" metal probe, but a thin plastic tube) at day 15, which, as I've read, should have showed the bordetella bacteria as it hadn't been over 3 weeks since the initial onset of symptoms; but it did NOT. I am still convinced this is what ailment they have, though their pediatrician doesn't believe this to be the case. She told me there are some "look-alike" viruses out there. Has anyone heard of any? My friends son, whom the girls contracted this nasty thing from, is on week seven with his illness. Though, unlike my girls, his vomitting has subsided & according to his mom, only lasted one week. Possibly due to the fact that his mother completely modified his diet, as I have; completely eliminating dairy products, as this is well proven to increase mucous production. As well wheat products are restricted, along with other flours. My friend has used chinese herbs prescribed by her Naturopathic Doctor, which seem to have helped tremendously. I, however, cannot afford these expensive remedies, so have used common, readily available herbs & teas. I'm exhausted, as well as stir crazy being a single mom & not having had a break in so long...I'm really wanting to know if pertussis is EVER contagious past 3 weeks into it. People around here refuse to do childcare as they are worried it's still contagious due to the vomitting. My children are not immunized, with good reason, but this one(pertussis bacteria) is so lengthy, I'd recommend the vaccination!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-2580607275328782102007-09-13T23:12:00.000-07:002007-09-13T23:12:00.000-07:00I just took the nasal swab test to confirm pertuss...I just took the nasal swab test to confirm pertussis but have to wait another week for results. When I first became sick I woke up with no hearing in my left ear. It's now been 5 weeks of no hearing and cough still bad as ever. Is this related to pertussis and will it be permanent? My doc says it's due to the congestion and will clear up on it's own. What do you think? Should I see an ENT?tiredofithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427320561247457807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24549381.post-62393405747127893092007-08-25T11:17:00.000-07:002007-08-25T11:17:00.000-07:00Just adding to the post above. My daughter was no...Just adding to the post above. My daughter was not vaccinated against Pertussis.<BR/>V.C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com