I have Whooping Cough-Bordetella pertussis
Whooping cough - or pertussis - is an infection of the respiratory system caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis (or B. pertussis). It's characterized by severe coughing spells that end in a "whooping" sound when the person breathes in. Before a vaccine was available, pertussis killed 5,000 to 10,000 people in the United States each year. Now, the pertussis vaccine has reduced the annual number of deaths to less than 30.
But in recent years, the number of cases has started to rise. By 2004, the number of whooping cough cases spiked past 25,000, the highest level it's been since the 1950s. It's mainly affected infants who are younger than 6 months old before they are adequately protected by their immunizations, and kids who are 11 to 18 years old whose immunity has faded.
Although whooping cough can occur at any age, it's most severe in unimmunized children and in infants under 1 year of age (early immunization can usually prevent this serious disease in babies). But more cases have been reported in teens and adults, because their immunity has faded since their original vaccination. That's why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently recommended that kids who are 11-18 years old get a booster shot that includes a pertussis vaccine, preferably when they are 11 to 12 years old.
Anyway, it sucks. I am having a hard time breathing. The coughing fits are worse than any bronchitis I have ever had in my life. I have been immunized for DTaP, but I guess my immunity has faded. So, when I am over this, my doctor wants me to go an get a booster shot. My doctor also had to report my case to the CDC center, WOW. I am offical statistic. So, my doctor said that I need to contact everyone that I have come across in the last four weeks while I was sick. Luckily, I have been so sick, that I have not come into contact with many people during my illness. And, I am under self quartine, much like someone with Chickpox.
So, I thought I would post on the Live Journal, maybe ya'll might want to get a DTaP booster shoot. Whooping cough is not something I recommend that anyone experience. I have coughed so hard, that I thought I was going to faint, because I could not get air into my lungs. And, one of my coughing attacks, I thought my eyes were going to pop out of my eye sockets. I actually popped a vessels in my eye, and have a blood shot eye. They says, that some people get seisuzes from coughing so hard. Luckily that has not happened to me, but the pressure in my head, makes me feel like I could have one.
Well, that is all.
But in recent years, the number of cases has started to rise. By 2004, the number of whooping cough cases spiked past 25,000, the highest level it's been since the 1950s. It's mainly affected infants who are younger than 6 months old before they are adequately protected by their immunizations, and kids who are 11 to 18 years old whose immunity has faded.
Although whooping cough can occur at any age, it's most severe in unimmunized children and in infants under 1 year of age (early immunization can usually prevent this serious disease in babies). But more cases have been reported in teens and adults, because their immunity has faded since their original vaccination. That's why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently recommended that kids who are 11-18 years old get a booster shot that includes a pertussis vaccine, preferably when they are 11 to 12 years old.
Anyway, it sucks. I am having a hard time breathing. The coughing fits are worse than any bronchitis I have ever had in my life. I have been immunized for DTaP, but I guess my immunity has faded. So, when I am over this, my doctor wants me to go an get a booster shot. My doctor also had to report my case to the CDC center, WOW. I am offical statistic. So, my doctor said that I need to contact everyone that I have come across in the last four weeks while I was sick. Luckily, I have been so sick, that I have not come into contact with many people during my illness. And, I am under self quartine, much like someone with Chickpox.
So, I thought I would post on the Live Journal, maybe ya'll might want to get a DTaP booster shoot. Whooping cough is not something I recommend that anyone experience. I have coughed so hard, that I thought I was going to faint, because I could not get air into my lungs. And, one of my coughing attacks, I thought my eyes were going to pop out of my eye sockets. I actually popped a vessels in my eye, and have a blood shot eye. They says, that some people get seisuzes from coughing so hard. Luckily that has not happened to me, but the pressure in my head, makes me feel like I could have one.
Well, that is all.