What are the initial symptoms of Whooping cough, otherwise known as Pertussis?

Question

Please give the actual symptoms, not just something like "Look on Google.

Answer 1

After a 7 to 10 day incubation period, pertussis in infants and young children is characterized initially by mild respiratory infection symptoms such as cough, sneezing, and runny nose (catarrhal stage). After one to two weeks, the cough changes character, with paroxysms of coughing followed by an inspiratory "whooping" sound (paroxysmal stage). Coughing fits may be followed by vomiting due to the sheer violence of the fit. In severe cases, the vomiting induced by coughing fits can lead to malnutrition. The fits that do occur on their own can also be triggered by yawning, stretching, laughing, or yelling. Coughing fits gradually diminish over one to two months during the (convalescent stage). Other complications of the disease include pneumonia, encephalitis, pulmonary hypertension, and secondary bacterial superinfection.[3]

Because neither vaccination nor infection confers long-term immunity, infection of adolescents and adults is also common [4] Most adults and adolescents who become infected with Bordetella pertussis have been vaccinated or infected years previously. When there is residual immunity from previous infection or immunization, symptoms may be milder, such as a prolonged cough without the other classic symptoms of pertussis. Nevertheless, infected adults and adolescents can transmit the bacteria to susceptible individuals. Adults and adolescent family members are the major source of transmission of the bacteria to unimmunized or partially immunized infants, who are at greatest risk of severe complications from pertussis.

Answer 2

Once you become infected with the bacterium that causes whooping cough, it takes a few days to a few weeks for signs and symptoms to appear. When they do, they're usually mild at first and resemble those of a common cold, such as:

A runny nose
Nasal congestion
Sneezing
Red, watery eyes
A mild fever
Dry cough
General feeling of being unwell and loss of appetite
After a week or two, signs and symptoms become worse and usually include:

Severe coughing attacks that bring up thick phlegm.
Coughing attacks — up to 15 coughs in a row — that end with a high-pitched whoop sound as you gasp for air. These may be so severe that your child vomits or turns red or blue from the effort.
Fatigue from coughing so much.
In adults, signs and symptoms of whooping cough may resemble those of bronchitis, a respiratory infection that causes a nagging cough — you may have heard it referred to as the "100-day cough." Babies and infants with whooping cough may not whoop at all, or at least not as loudly as older children do. Some children with whooping cough may experience choking spells and turn blue in the face as they struggle to breathe after a coughing fit.

Severe coughing can result in tiny red spots caused by ruptures in blood vessels at the skin's surface (petechiae) in your upper body, as well as small areas of bleeding in the whites of your eyes. You may even bruise or break a rib if your coughing episodes are severe. Coughing may be worse at night.

Even after treatment to destroy the bacteria, your body continues to repair the damage to the lining of your trachea. As a result, the cough often lingers after the initial illness. With time, coughing usually lessens but can persist for six weeks or longer. Some people may even experience recurring episodes of coughing over the course of a year, especially when they contract a cold or other respiratory infection.

Answer 3

sometimes fever, just like a cold but the defining thing seems to be a cough that sounds like a whoop at the end that makes you cough until you throw up.

Answer 4

A very persistant cough, hard, and so constant you gag yourself --There is a virus going around in MA --my 5yr old got--resembling it, go to Dr to find out 1. if you have Whooping cough, if you don't there is nothing you can do just last it out as long as it takes w/viruses...

Answer 5

is it for you or for a kid... If it is for you, how old are you. the symptoms are different in children and adults
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Dr. Turek

Answer 6

you one smarty pants