
Protecting Your Family: The Importance of the Whooping Cough Vaccine
Whooping Cough is diagnosed by testing the fluid collected from your nose. Pertussis or whooping Cough is an acute respiratory infection identified by a deep cough with a high-frequency whooping sound. It occurs mainly in 5-year-old children. The severity occurs under 1 year old children. About 7,800 cases of Whooping Cough occur in the US every year. Pertussis produces poisonous chemicals that severely…