whooping+cough

//What is whooping cough?//
===Whooping Cough also called pertussis, is caused by the bordetella parapertussis bacteria. It is a bacterial infection of the respiratory tract. Whooping cough is very contagious and is spread through coughing and sneezing and when the person who has the infection sneezes or coughs droplets containing bacteria travel through the air and spread to more people. ===

//Who can get whooping cough?//
===Anyone can get whooping cough, but it is most common in infants and young children. It can cause permanent damage in infants, and even death. Infants have to be watched 100% of the time because during a coughing spell they could stop breathing temporarily, therefor, most children under the age of 6 months will be hospitalized. ===

//Treatment and Prevention//
===usually get diagnosed too late and the antibiotics wont do much help for the person with the disease but it will lowere the persons ability to spread it to others. The best way to protect yourself from getting whooping cough is to get vaccinated. DTap is the vaccine that infants and children should recieve but it fades over time so once they become a teenager or adult they should get the Tdap vaccine. The vaccine does not protect against the infection 100% but it can lower your chances of getting it. ===



//Bibliography//
[] [] [] [|http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_condition_info_details.asp?channel_id=2026&relation_id=18305&disease_id=217&page_no=2#Treatment]