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Doctor said: "Your baby is whooping cough , not Common cold !"
Many parents panicked after hearing this:
whooping cough? Is it because the baby needs to cough for 100 days?
What is the difference between it and the common cold? Is there any way to prevent
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Don’t be anxious and don’t panic, Xiaohe Medical Dian will answer it for you!
Is whooping cough a cough for 100 days?
Pertussis is an acute respiratory infectious disease. If not treated, the cough will indeed last for 2 to 3 months, especially for younger infants and young children. It may last for 100 days or even longer, so it is called pertussis.
But parents should not worry too much. If there is no serious respiratory underlying disease, whooping cough has been treated with standardized treatment and the prognosis is very good, and the baby will generally not have too many problems.
How to tell if the baby has whooping cough or common cold?
The initial symptoms of a child whooping cough are very similar to those in a cold, which leads to missed diagnosis in the early stages of the diagnosis. Parents are worried and anxious when they see that their children have a "cold". In fact, there is still a difference between the two:
symptoms: common colds are mainly manifested as nasal congestion, nasal snot, sneezing, pharyngeal discomfort, etc.; whooping cough is mainly manifested as paroxysmal, spastic cough , and the roar like a chicken crowing when the cough ends.
duration: Common cold can be cured in about a week; whooping cough lasts for a long time.
Complications of pertussis include bronchopneumonia, pertussis encephalopathy, etc. No matter which complication is, it is a "disaster" for children. Therefore, you must actively treat whooping cough and never treat it as a common cold.
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Can those whooping cough only get?
is not~ Everyone may be infected with whooping cough, but babies under 1 year old are particularly prone to infection. The immunity obtained after receiving the pertussis vaccine will decrease over time, so teenagers and adults will also experience whooping cough.
At the same time, whooping cough is also highly contagious and belongs to the national Class B infectious disease, mainly transmitted through respiratory tract and droplets. In daily life, speaking up close, sneezing, and kissing can all lead to the spread of the disease, so if someone around you has whooping cough, both adults and children need to pay attention to protection. Is there any way to prevent
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As of now, the pertussis vaccine is still the most effective and economical measure to prevent pertussis. Since the 1960s, China began to receive diphtheria and tetanus vaccine, and in 1978, the diphtheria and tetanus vaccine was included in the children's program to immunize . The incidence of pertussis has dropped significantly. From 2006 to 2010, the average annual reported incidence of pertussis has dropped to 0.2/100,000.
But 100% of people will not get whooping cough after being injected with the vaccine. As the antibody level decreases, people who have been injected with the vaccine still have a certain chance of infection, but the symptoms of the disease will be relatively mild compared to those who have not been injected with the vaccine. Therefore, if you have a baby at home, it is best to actively vaccinate within the specified time.
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Currently, there is no separate pertussis vaccine in China, but diphtheria and tetanus vaccine, which refers to the triple vaccine of pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus. The first three injections are vaccinated at 3 months, 4 months and 5 months after birth, and the reinforcement injection is between 18 months and 24 months after birth.
Of course, in addition to being vaccinated, you must also wear a mask, wash your hands frequently, and maintain personal hygiene and family hygiene, because good habits can also prevent whooping cough well.
References:
[1] Chen Haozhu, Lin Guowei et al. Practical Internal Medicine [M]. Beijing: People's Health Press, 2017.
[2] Chinese Society of Preventive Medicine. Expert consensus on China Pertussis Action Plan [J]. China Public Health, 2021, 37(06): 905-91 4
Medical Author: Yang Zhenrui
Content Planning: Duffy
Medical Review: Li Xingxing
Content Produced by: Xiaohe Medical Dictionary
