Whooping Cough Sounds like this WORST IN 50 YEARS

[wildernessvoice]

Whooping Cough cases are the highest in 50 years. About 10 years ago I got it. The sound clip from the adult put a chill down my back. To make things even better, my 30 year old son got it- probably from me.

Rotten experience- somewhat like sleep apnea when you wake up gasping but at least air goes in.

http://health.utah.gov/epi/diseases/per ... sounds.htm

This is the site Utah got the sound bits from:

http://www.whoopingcough.net/symptoms.htm

Whooping cough in a recognizable form evolves over a period of 2 weeks. It usually starts as a sore throat with a mild feeling of tiredness and being unwell, that within 2 or 3 days turns into a (usually) dry, intermittent "ordinary" cough. This persists, but may wax and wane over the next 7 to 10 days by which time the cough may become a little productive of small amounts of sticky clear phlegm, and occasional intense bouts of choking coughing start to occur.

Fever is usually limited to the first week and is only mild. There may be a runny nose like a cold in the early stages. After the first 2 weeks, the characteristics described below are predominant.

Major Symptoms (usually from 2 weeks onwards). Attacks of a choking cough that lasts from 1 to 2 minutes, often with vomiting, severe facial congestions and a feeling or appearance of suffocation. Between these attacks of coughing the sufferer appears and usually feels perfectly well. These choking attacks of coughing happen as little as twice a day or as many as fifty. Between attacks ('paroxysms' is the technical name) the sufferer may not cough at all. 'Whooping' is a noise that comes from the voice box after a paroxysm when the sufferer is suddenly able to take a breath in again.

Whooping cough is also notable for producing very thick, sticky, clear and difficult to shift phlegm. It is sometimes stringy. It is also common to produce lots of saliva after a coughing fit.

Only about 50% of whooping cough sufferers 'whoop' but this is where the name comes from. Sometimes the patient stops breathing after a severe bout of coughing, long enough to go blue. Occasionally the patient faints as well. Recovery is usually rapid however, and back to normal within a couple of minutes

Whooping cough lasts at least 3 weeks and can frequently go on for 3 months or even longer. I am told that in China it is called the 100 day cough.

Late symptoms. Whooping cough resolves by a slow reduction in the number of choking attacks. From the time the attacks start to reduce in number, to the time they finish, it may be roughly from 2 weeks to 2 months or more. The average case of whooping cough lasts about 7 weeks. But for people with whooping cough visiting this site, it is likely to last longer, because only more severe cases are likely to get here.

The crucial point for clinical diagnosis is attacks of severe choking cough separated by long intervals of NO COUGHING AT ALL. There is immense variation in severity and duration of the illness.MOST CASES GO UNDIAGNOSED BECAUSE THE PHYSICIAN NEVER HEARS THE PATIENT COUGH AND CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS AS SEVERE AS HE/SHE IS BEING TOLD. AND LISTENING WITH A STETHOSCOPE INDICATES NORMAL LUNGS IN WHOOPING COUGH!

If whooping cough seems to come back again just when you seem to be getting over it, it usually means you have just caught a viral cough/cold. I brings the whooping cough symptoms back temporarily. You are not infectious for whooping cough in these circumstances.

Therefore I recommend you record or video a severe coughing attack and show your doctor along with my printout for doctors. Many mobile phones have this facility

[wildernessvoice]

..and this:

September 2006
A physiotherapist has emailed me an anecdote that I am inserting below. I would appreciate any feedback about it.

"We have named the following technique Christabel's method after my
daughter (9) as she noted that by attempting to stop herself from
inspiring reflexively between coughs she could reduce the length and
the violence of the cough and prevent reflux. Simply put she delays
herself breathing in and holds what breath she has left for as long as
possible then tries to breath slowly. This technique may not work on
the first cough of the series but in our experience appears to slow
down subsequent coughs. The techniques requires practice but does
allow the patient some control back in their bodies! As this method
requires the patient to overcome their natural reactions I suspect
this is only suitable for older children and adults."

September 2008
The feedback about this has been consistently positive.

November 2011
Many sufferers of whooping cough find that eating or drinking certain things provokes a coughing spasm.
I have been passed anecdotal information from A.H., a paediatric speech and language therapist in the UK who has suggested that some coughing spasms may be due to liquid nourishment leaking past the vocal cords into the windpipe. The theory being that whooping cough might be causing some weakness of the vocal cords (it certainly can cause voice changes). I understand that she has found that thickening liquids before drinking can help this problem. Liquids should be thickened to the consistency of syrup before drinking, using a proprietory thickening agent that can usually be obtained from a pharmacy. One such product that should be easily available is 'ThickenUp® Clear', made by Nestle.
If you suspect liquids are provoking some coughing, this is probably worth a try. Feedback (no pun intended) would be appreciated.

[styky]

We've got a 14 page thread going on this viewtopic.php?f=1&t=135019

[Connie Fournier]

It looks like Merck was deliberately fudging their research numbers on the efficacy rate of their MMR vaccine. How much do you want to bet the same thing is happening with the DPT one?

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... L_artNew_1

[Julian]

I had whooping cough as an infant, it almost took me out of the game before I have a chance to get started.... so I am told.

[Connie Fournier]

Just about everyone in our family had it a few years ago. I don't think Mark got it, but the kids and I had it. It was very scary with my asthmatic daughter.

[Edward Kennedy]

Vaccinations did not work, waste of money, a big lie.