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respiratory system overview, whooping cough, pertussis, highly contagious bacterial disease that causes, uncontrollable, violent coughing, coughing can make it hard to breathe, a deep "whooping" sound is often heard when the patient tries to take a breath, pertussis, whooping cough, is an upper respiratory infection caused by the bordetella pertussis, b, parapertussis bacteria, a serious disease, cause permanent disability in infants, death, an infected person sneezes, coughs, tiny droplets containing the bacteria move, the air, disease is spread, person to person, initial symptoms, similiar, common cold, develop about a week after exposure, bacteria, severe episodes of coughing start, 10 to 12 days later, in children, coughing often ends, a "whoop" noise, sound is produced when the patient tries to take a breathe, whoop is rare in patients under 6 months of age, in adults, coughing spells, lead to vomiting, pertussis should always be considered, vomiting occurs, coughing, in infants, choking spells, common, infection, lasts 6 weeks, whooping cough, affect people of any age, vaccines were widely available, the disease was most common in infants, young children, most children, immunized, entering school, the higher percentage of cases is seen among adolescents, adults, runny nose, slight fever, 102°f, lower, severe, repeated coughs, make breathing difficult, result in vomiting, produce a high-pitched "whooping" sound, a person takes a breath, a short loss of consciousness, diarrhea, choking spells in infants, initial diagnosis, not obvious, pertussis difficult to diagnose, in very young infants, pneumomnia instead, to know, sure, take a sample of mucus, nose nasal secretions, send it to a lab, tests it for pertussis, offer an accurate diagnosis, test some time, treatment, started, ready, patients, complete blood count that shows large numbers of lymphocytes, started early enough, antibiotics erythromycin, amoxicillin, make the symptoms go away more quickly, unfortunately, most patients, diagnosed too late, when antibiotics aren't very effective, infants under 18 months of age, require constant supervision, breathing, temporarily stop, coughing spells, infants, severe cases, hospitalized, an oxygen tent, high humidity used, intravenous fluid, coughing spells, severe enough, prevent the patient from drinking enough fluids, sedatives, young children, cough mixtures, expectorants, suppressants, not helpful, should not be used, in older children, very good, infants have the highest risk of death, need careful monitoring, pneumonia, convulsions, seizure disorder, permanent, nose bleeds, ear infections, brain damage from lack of oxygen, bleeding, in the brain, cerebral hemorrhage, developmental retardation, slowed, stopped breathing, apnea, death, child develops symptoms of pertussis, get to an emergency room person has any, bluish skin color, indicates a lack of oxygen, periods of stopped breathing, apnea, seizures, convulsions, high fever, persistent vomiting, dehydration, a dtap vaccine, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, pertussis-only vaccine helps protect children against this disease, vaccination starts in infancy, in april 2005, government approved the first pertussis booster shot for kids aged 10 to 18. booster shot, boostrix, lower dose of infant petussis vaccine,  infant pertussis vaccine can start to wear off after, 5 years, and some previously immunized teens, adults, get a mild form, booster shot may help reduce the number of pertussis cases in adolescents, adults, during a pertussis outbreak, unimmunized children under age 7 should not school, public gatherings, isolated from anyone known, suspected to be infected, should last, 14 days, last reported case, us food, drug administration, first combination vaccine approved to help protect adolescents against whooping cough, national press office, talk paper t05-17.