WHOOPING COUGH
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WHOOPING COUGH
WHOOPING COUGH, which is also known as Pertussis and 100-day cough, is a very severe form of bronchitis - an infection of the windpipe and lungs. It causes fits of intense coughing. It gets its name from the 'whooping' sound that is made when a person breathes in following a bout of coughing. It can affect all ages but is most severe in infants. Those most at risk are babies less than six months old. Whooping cough is very easily spread. Humans are the only known source of the infection. It is spread either by direct contact with infected people or articles they have recently touched or by breath droplets in the air. It's been noted that the condition spreads easily within families or within institutions looking after children.
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