Whooping cough cases increase in Andalusia

If you have been taking it for several weeks persistent coughEspecially at night, it is possible to contract pertussis, a respiratory infection that mainly affects minors and has increased significantly in Andalusia in recent weeks.it is used antibiotic And it can be prevented with vaccines.

Although this is not serious in adults May be fatal in children under 6 months

Hence the importance of vaccination.

Whooping cough is a disease contagious highly contagious. The incubation period lasts 1 to 2 weeks and is asymptomatic. It then looks a lot like a common cold, with a stuffy or runny nose, red, watery eyes, and sometimes fever and cough.After a week or two, I started to cough violently, even May cause vomiting.

Unlike the common cold, whooping cough causes coughing attacks that usually end in characteristic symptoms sharp sound

When the lungs run out of air, the disease is called “whooping cough.”

Whooping cough can occur at any age, but children under five are most affected.in country developed this incidence Very low Thanks to vaccinations, there are 30 to 50 million cases and more than 300,000 deaths worldwide each year.