Whooping cough is a rather complex and unpleasant disease that interferes with normal living. Pathology develops due to a bacterial infection that quickly spreads through the air. Children and people with weak immunity are affected by this disease . At the beginning of the century, pathology provoked entire epidemics, but now its outbreaks are rare due to timely prevention.
Whooping cough is a debilitating disease, the causative agent of which is volatile, but unstable to sunlight and various disinfectants. It should be noted that the symptomatology of the disease is not specific, therefore, it is not always possible to distinguish it from a regular flu or a cold without consulting a specialist. A sign of the disease is fever, general weakness, runny nose. The most striking symptom is a barking cough, which intensifies at night. It is dry and frequent. In this case, with the development of the disease, the cough becomes very strong and exhausts the person.
Whooping cough is a complex disease. Spasmodic coughing can last more than a month. It should be noted that it is difficult to treat it. The fact is that conventional
antitussive drugs do not relieve spasms. Naturally, the disease must be treated under the strict supervision of a physician. Most often, the elimination of symptoms is carried out in the infectious diseases department with isolation of the patient and compulsory quarantine. Treatment should be symptomatic and comprehensive. For example, drugs such as Stoptussin, Kodipront, Sinecode and others are used to suppress the cough reflex. The patient is prescribed oral medication, as well as inhalation. For expectoration, the patient can take
Ambroxol syrup. Antibiotics and antibacterial drugs are used to eliminate the infection. Naturally, this disease requires strengthening the body's defenses, so the doctor will advise certain immunostimulating medications, as well as substances that contribute to the activation of metabolic processes in the body.
Whooping cough is a long-term illness that leaves its mark. For example, after curing during any subsequent catarrhal disease, a barking cough reappears. We can not say about the complications that appear in the future. This disease negatively affects the cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous systems.
If you catch pertussis, complications may include: pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, hemorrhage, carditis, cerebral edema, otitis media, damage to the eardrum, followed by deafness or hearing loss. In order to reduce the number of outbreaks of the disease, modern medicine has developed a whole range of measures. If the pathology is fixed in a team of children or adults, then the sick person is isolated, and those individuals who came into contact with him are in strict quarantine under the supervision of doctors.
If you do not want you or your children to develop whooping cough, vaccination is the most effective and easiest way to prevent it. It should be noted that this vaccination is mandatory. It is included in the list of mandatory vaccinations approved by the Ministry of Health. It is produced only 4 times: at 3 and 4.5 and 6 months, as well as at 1.5 years.