Incubation period
The incubation period of whooping cough lasts between four and
twenty-‐one days, with an average of seven days
Symptoms of whooping cough
1. Bouts of coughing that come constantly and are followed by
the “whoop”, from which the illness gets its common name.
2.
High temperature
3. Inhalation with a sound like that of a rooster
4. Cyanosis (bluish skin) when coughing because of low oxygen
levels in the blood.
Most serious complications of whooping
cough
1.
Pneumonia, which may appear 3 to 5 weeks after the onset of
illness
2. Umbilical hernia or rectal prolapse
3. Inflammation of the meninges and brain,
which appears in the
form of convulsions and loss of consciousness
4. Bronchitis
Prevention and treatment of whooping cough
1. Vaccination against this illness with
the DTaP vaccine at the
ages of two months, four months and six months, followed by
booster
shots
2. Isolation of the patient and not allowing him to mix with other
children so that he will not transmit the illness.
3. Erythromycin (an antibiotic) may be used to shorten the period
of infectiousness and thus reduce spread of the disease
4. Ventilation of the patient’s
room and good nutrition
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Measles
Measles is a contagious infection of the respiratory system
caused by a virus. It poses a great danger to children because one
child in fifteen who gets this illness will
suffer complications from
it. The illness is transmitted via airborne particles from the nose
and mouth of an infected individual.
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