Whooping Cough

[NoRush]

Was told i have whooping cough on monday. Not to bad for a 40 year old but not good when you have a bad back. Just a heads up to people who have had a persistent cough get a blood test. Makes alot of difference when you on the right tablets and stops you from spreading it around. Anyone with young kids be carefull

[skyhuck]

Were you vaccinated?

[NoRush]

yea when a child. Never had any major health problems in my life. This isnt to bad just annoying and it dont help me back problems. Whooping cough is becoming a bit of a problem theres been alot of reported cases.

[skyhuck]

Yes I heard about the increase in cases, it appears that a lot of those vaccinated are not immune, as you are testament too.

 

Hope your better real soon.

[NoRush]

Thanks. The cough aint to bad just constant. You dont get much sleep and bruised ribs (mainly from the wife's elbow). The main concern is passing it on to others (other than the mother-inlaw)

[jonnygurkha]

Yeah, my 18 month old daughter has been diagnosed with whooping cough. She has had all the vacinatioms but that didn't seem to prevent it. It may be that without the vaccination it would be a lot worse? I think a lot of diseases are becoming resistant to our treatments which is a bit scarey!

[NoRush]

Hope she gets over it. I've got a 2 year old and a 5 year old and the 5 year old is having blood samples taken on monday to see if he has it even though he had the jab as a tot. Problem is it took 2 and a half weeks for my results to come back. I've had the cough for 3 months and many trips to doctors untill the test. People should know before it gets bad