Reasons of whooping cough - Pediatric Oncall

4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference

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Last week my son ( 3years ) developed cough , then my daughter (9 yrs ) now it's my wife. Everyone's cough is almost similar like whooping cough. Sometime they keep on coughing continuous for 10 mts - mostly they suffer in the sleep time or early morning
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It is very unlikely that a 3 year old boy would develop whooping cough provided he has received all his vaccines. The immunity to whooping cough wanes as one grows older and chances of getting pertussis increases. Since 3 members in your family are affected Back to All Questions

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