Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Minus Related Pages. About Pertussis. Pertussis Vaccination. Pregnancy and Whooping Cough. All people in settings that include infants under 12 months old or women in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy as occurs in child care centers, maternity wards, and neonatal intensive care units. The antibiotic erythromycin or sometimes clarithromycin or azithromycin is given as a preventive measure.
For infants under 1 month old, azithromycin is preferred. If children under 7 years of age have received fewer than four doses of vaccine and they have close contact with someone who has pertussis, they should also be vaccinated. Seriously ill infants are usually hospitalized because their breathing may become so difficult that they require mechanical ventilation Mechanical Ventilation Mechanical ventilation is use of a machine to aid the movement of air into and out of the lungs.
Some people with respiratory failure need a mechanical ventilator a machine that helps air get Some may need to have mucus suctioned from their throat. Others may need extra oxygen and fluids given by vein. Seriously ill infants are usually kept in isolation to prevent other people from being exposed to infected droplets in the air—called respiratory isolation until antibiotics have been given for 5 days.
Because any disturbance can trigger a coughing fit, these infants are kept in a darkened, quiet room and disturbed as little as possible. Older children who have mild disease are treated with antibiotics at home. Children treated at home should be isolated for at least 4 weeks after symptoms began and until symptoms resolve. The antibiotic erythromycin or azithromycin , taken by mouth, is usually used to eradicate the bacteria causing pertussis.
Antibiotics are also used to treat infections that accompany the pertussis, such as pneumonia and ear infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Pertussis. Merck and Co. From developing new therapies that treat and prevent disease to helping people in need, we are committed to improving health and well-being around the world. The Manual was first published in as a service to the community.
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Whooping cough usually starts with cold-like symptoms. They may last for 1 to 2 weeks and can include. The early symptoms in babies can be different. They may only cough a little bit, or they may not cough at all. Babies may have apnea, which means that there is a pause in breathing.
They may start to turn blue. If this happens, get medical care for your baby right away. The coughing fits get worse and start happening more often, especially at night.
You may have them for up to 10 weeks or more. Recovery from this can happen slowly. Your cough gets milder and happens less often. The coughing fits can come back if you have another respiratory infection, even months after you first got whooping cough. Your health care provider may use many tools to diagnose whooping cough :. The treatment for whooping cough is usually antibiotics. Early treatment is very important.
It may make your infection less serious and can also help prevent spreading the disease to others. Treatment after you have been sick for 3 weeks or longer may not help. The bacteria are gone from your body by then, even though you usually still have symptoms.
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