WHOOPING COUGH (PETRUSSIS)

DEFINITION

• A whooping cough is just a normal cough. However the person makes a whooping sound. Also, the person receives a lot more pain.
• Once infected, the disease lasts for about 100 days.

Symptoms

• Mild Cough
• Runny Nose
• Mild Fever
• Sneezing

HOW THE WHOOPING COUGH SPREADS

• It spreads in an airborne way.
• It can also spread with contact e.g. If the person with the disease touches an object followed by another person touching the same one.
• It can spread by direct contact as well e.g. A handshake

PREVENTING WHOOPING COUGH

• Drink clean and healthy water
• Wash your hands
• Vaccinating yourself in time.

HISTORY

• It first started infecting people in the 1600's
• A vaccine was created in 1950 at the Michigan Department of Health.

HOW IT SPREADS GLOBALLY

• Through airplanes, spreading to others who spread to even more people when they get back home.

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