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Phlegm3

• This typically is a dry, non-productive cough that produces no phlegm. (wikipedia.org)
• When used in teas, it is considered a cold and cough remedy because it relieves chest congestion and lessens phlegm. (pharrah13.com)
• Early symptoms or whooping cough are similar to having a cold, except that the cough is usually dry - no phlegm is produced. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)

Pertussis8

• Whooping cough (pertussis) is a very contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis . (everydayhealth.com)
• A cough can be the result of a respiratory tract infection such as the common cold, COVID-19, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, pertussis, or tuberculosis. (wikipedia.org)
• Pertussis is increasingly being recognised as a cause of troublesome coughing in adults. (wikipedia.org)
• The bacterium Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough. (medicalnewstoday.com)
• Whooping cough is the common term for pertussis, an extremely infectious bacterial infection. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)
• When infected with pertussis the sufferer has violent attacks of coughing, with a characteristic 'whoop' caused when you try to take a breath in during a coughing attack. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)
• Treatment for whooping cough is usually specific antibiotics if treatment is started early enough, so it is important to see your doctor at once if you suspect pertussis infection. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)
• The word pertussis means "violent cough," which aptly describes the most consistent and prominent feature of the illness. (gkhospital.in)

Bronchitis7

• Because whooping cough mimics the common cold, the flu, and bronchitis, it can be tricky to diagnose whooping cough early. (everydayhealth.com)
• Most of the time, irregular coughing is caused by a respiratory tract infection but can also be triggered by choking, smoking, air pollution, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease, post-nasal drip, chronic bronchitis, lung tumors, heart failure and medications such as angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) and beta blockers. (wikipedia.org)
• In adults with a chronic cough, i.e. a cough longer than 8 weeks, more than 90% of cases are due to post-nasal drip, asthma, eosinophilic bronchitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. (wikipedia.org)
• The causes of chronic cough are similar in children with the addition of bacterial bronchitis. (wikipedia.org)
• Atopic cough and eosinophilic bronchitis are related conditions. (wikipedia.org)
• Osha ( Ligusticum porteri ) American Indians used this herb to treat all manner of respiratory ailments: pneumonia, influenza, colds, bronchitis, tuberculosis, hay fever and asthma. (herbnet.com)
• In the 19th century, its medicinal use was revived most notably by American herbalist and teacher Samuel Thompson, who used it for asthma, whooping cough and bronchitis. (thealchemistskitchen.com)

Uncontrollable2

• The result is intense, uncontrollable coughing. (everydayhealth.com)
• However, the main symptom is a violent and uncontrollable cough that makes it difficult for a person to breathe. (medicalnewstoday.com)

Adults6

• Note that milder versions of the disease mean teenagers and adults might not experience the "whoop. (everydayhealth.com)
• Children and adults in the same home who have not received the vaccinations for whooping cough are 80 to 100 percent likely to be infected with exposure. (everydayhealth.com)
• Teenagers and Adults The whooping cough vaccine administered in childhood eventually wears off, leaving teenagers and adults susceptible during an outbreak. (everydayhealth.com)
• Asthma is a common cause of chronic cough in adults and children. (wikipedia.org)
• Adults can also have booster vaccination against whooping cough, and this is particularly important if you are around pregnant women, are pregnant yourself, or are commonly around infants. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said adults have about two to three colds a year - but in a global pandemic , a cough could also mean a COVID-19 infection. (healthdigest.com)

Sore3

• They also used it as a respiratory aid, for asthma, sore throat, or cough. (thealchemistskitchen.com)
• Whooping cough can cause a sore throat. (medicalnewstoday.com)
• An intense cough or many days of coughing can exhaust these muscles, making them feel sore or painful, especially when a person massages the affected area. (folkloremiperu.com)

Uterus1

• Acute complications include cough syncope (fainting spells due to decreased blood flow to the brain when coughs are prolonged and forceful), insomnia, cough-induced vomiting, subconjunctival hemorrhage or "red eye", coughing defecation and in women with a prolapsed uterus, cough urination. (wikipedia.org)

Symptoms5

• If there's an outbreak in your community, it's important to be vigilant about early signs and symptoms of whooping cough . (everydayhealth.com)
• But healthcare providers may be able to diagnose whooping cough by conducting an exam, asking specific questions regarding symptoms, and by simply listening to the cough. (everydayhealth.com)
• may be the remedy in croup, or croupy cough, if mental symptoms and time conditions correspond. (epostpro.com)
• The condition has also been called the 100 day cough, so symptoms may persevere for some time. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)
• Other treatment is generally for the symptoms of whooping cough, such as decongestants for runny nose and pain relieving medicines for fever. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)

Diarrhea2

• Orris was formerly used in upper respiratory tract catarrh, coughs and for diarrhea in infants. (herbnet.com)
• While both viruses spread through the air, COVID-19 has unique identifiers - which are rare for common colds - such as a loss of taste and smell, diarrhea, and vomiting. (healthdigest.com)

Fever1

• Whether a child or an adult is infected, whooping cough often seems like a regular cold at first, marked by a runny nose, sneezing, or a low-grade fever. (everydayhealth.com)

Pneumonia1

• Babies Under 6 Months Old These children are at high risk for complications from whooping cough, including pneumonia . (everydayhealth.com)

Characteristic1

• A person who has recently experienced a coughing fit may make a characteristic "whooping" sound when trying to catch their breath. (medicalnewstoday.com)

Nausea2

• Warnings: Allspice oil should never be swallowed as it can cause nausea, vomiting, and even convulsions. (pharrah13.com)
• Large amounts have caused some nausea and vomiting. (pharrah13.com)

Diseases2

• Older children may be offered a free "booster" vaccination for whooping cough and other serious life threatening diseases generally aged about 10 or 11. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)
• Some vaccine-preventable diseases like flu and whooping cough remain common in the United States. (vaccinateyourfamily.org)

Bacterial infection1

• Whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the lungs and airways. (medicalnewstoday.com)

Illness4

• Coughing worsens as the illness progresses, often peaking at night. (everydayhealth.com)
• In most cases, this test is very effective, but often fails to detect whooping cough after several weeks of illness. (everydayhealth.com)
• This cough may often persist for weeks after an illness. (wikipedia.org)
• The inspiratory sound made at the end of an episode of paroxysmal coughing gives rise to the common name for the illness, "whooping cough. (gkhospital.in)

Respiratory3

• The most common cause of an acute or subacute cough is a viral respiratory tract infection. (wikipedia.org)
• A healthy adult also coughs 18.8 times a day on average, but in the population with respiratory disease the geometric mean frequency is 275 times a day. (wikipedia.org)
• After a respiratory tract infection has cleared, the person may be left with a postinfectious cough. (wikipedia.org)

Chronic5

• The complications of coughing can be classified as either acute or chronic. (wikipedia.org)
• Chronic or violent coughing can contribute to damage to the pelvic floor and a possible cystocele. (wikipedia.org)
• Cough can also worsen in an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (wikipedia.org)
• The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America reports allergies as the sixth leading cause of chronic illnesses in the United States. (healthdigest.com)
• Anyone can develop the flu , but people over the age of 65, pregnant women, children younger than 5, and people with chronic conditions such as asthma are at high risk for severe flu complications. (healthdigest.com)

Infants2

• Infants Under 2 Months Old The youngest babies are also the most vulnerable to whooping cough and its complications. (everydayhealth.com)
• This infection can affect anyone, but is particularly dangerous when infants get the infection as their air passages are so tiny that their breathing may stop during a coughing attack. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)

Infection2

• A whooping cough infection can occur any time of the year, but tends to surge in the summer and fall months. (everydayhealth.com)
• After coughing, always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water, drying your hands completely with disposable paper towels to prevent other people accidentally using the same towels as someone with an infection. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)

Booster1

• Kids Under 6 Years Old Children don't receive their final whooping cough vaccine booster shot until somewhere between the ages of 4 and 6. (everydayhealth.com)

Fits2

• Vomiting This may occur during or after coughing fits. (everydayhealth.com)
• Coughing fits may become severe and it is not uncommon to cough until you vomit. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)

Inflammation3

• The cause of the cough may be inflammation similar to that observed in repetitive stress disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
• The repetition of coughing produces inflammation which produces discomfort, which in turn produces more coughing. (wikipedia.org)
• Medication used for postinfectious coughs may include ipratropium to treat the inflammation, as well as cough suppressants to reduce frequency of the cough until inflammation clears. (wikipedia.org)

Remedy1

• It has been used as a cough remedy, digestive aid and contains chemicals similar to estrogen, which may help with menopausal discomforts, and has been known to treat some cases of prostrate cancer. (pharrah13.com)

Worsen1

• Mold can worsen breathing problems in people with allergies or asthma, while various types of fungus can infect nails and cause skin rashes. (nih.gov)

Sneeze2

• By this point, not many people are paying attention to their posture, and a violent sneeze may jerk their body into unnatural movements. (folkloremiperu.com)
• Sneezing puts pressure on a person's back and abdominal muscles, and a particularly violent sneeze may be enough to tear the fibers. (folkloremiperu.com)

Frequent1

• Frequent coughing usually indicates the presence of a disease. (wikipedia.org)

Sudden1

• A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages which can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes. (wikipedia.org)

Chest2

• What does it mean when you cough and your chest and back hurts? (folkloremiperu.com)
• Muscle exhaustion - A person uses many muscles in the chest, back, and abdomen when they cough. (folkloremiperu.com)

Cold1

• In the vast majority of cases, acute coughs, i.e. coughs shorter than 3 weeks, are due to the common cold. (wikipedia.org)

Lungs1

• As a protective reflex, coughing can be repetitive with the cough reflex following three phases: an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually accompanied by a distinctive sound. (wikipedia.org)

Sound1

• Extremely Rapid Coughing This is often followed by a high-pitched "whoop" sound. (everydayhealth.com)

Pain3

• It appears," says Hahnemann, quoted by Teste, "to diminish" [i.e., curatively] "in a great degree, the excessive sensitiveness to pain and the violent derangements which pain occasions in the moral condition of the patient. (epostpro.com)
• In most cases, back pain during coughing that persists with each cough is a sign that there is an underlying problem with the spine being exacerbated by the motion. (folkloremiperu.com)
• While many issues can cause pain during a cough, there are some specific conditions that are most often linked. (folkloremiperu.com)

Children3

• A cough in children may be either a normal physiological reflex or due to an underlying cause. (wikipedia.org)
• In healthy children it may be normal in the absence of any disease to cough ten times a day. (wikipedia.org)
• Most children are immunised against whooping cough before going to school, if their immunisations are up to date. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)

Cases1

• While the whooping cough vaccine has significantly reduced the infection's occurrence, there were still more than 15,600 reported cases of whooping cough in the United States in 2019. (everydayhealth.com)

Muscle1

• 6 The Penobscot used it for spasmodic cough, asthma, and muscle tension. (thealchemistskitchen.com)

Allergies1

• The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recommends washing your nose out daily to remove airborne allergies. (healthdigest.com)

Spread2

• Whooping cough is easily spread through the air when an infected person sneezes, coughs, laughs, or even talks near another. (everydayhealth.com)
• Many viruses and bacteria benefit, from an evolutionary perspective, by causing the host to cough, which helps to spread the disease to new hosts. (wikipedia.org)

Conditions1

• It is especially dangerous for people who are very young or old or who have other conditions such as heart disease or asthma. (nih.gov)

Days1

• Brie was just 7 days short of receiving her 1st DTaP shot when she passed away from whooping cough. (vaccinateyourfamily.org)

Person1

• When coughing is the only complaint of a person who meets the criteria for asthma (bronchial hyperresponsiveness and reversibility), this is termed cough-variant asthma. (wikipedia.org)

People1

• People with a cough should always cover their mouth when coughing to prevent expelling infected air and fluid. (titirangipharmacy.co.nz)

Condition1

• Atopic cough occurs in individuals with a family history of atopy (an allergic condition), abundant eosinophils in the sputum, but with normal airway function and responsiveness. (wikipedia.org)

Highly1

• Potent to the point of purging or emesis (vomiting) in large doses, it has both highly stimulating and deeply relaxing action if taken in a large dose. (thealchemistskitchen.com)

Start1

• Not only are their immune systems still developing, but young babies cannot start receiving their whooping cough vaccinations until they're 2 months old. (everydayhealth.com)

Turn1

• Skin Turning Blue While Coughing Lips, the tongue, and nail beds may also turn blue. (everydayhealth.com)