Doctors warn about whooping cough If the disease is there, there is a good chance that he will die.

15 November 2024 Dr. Jira Saksithorn, Deputy Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Control No. 7, Khon Kaen Department, Disease Control Department, that “whooping cough” mostly occurs in young children under the age of 1 year or in the elderly group which is a high risk group Especially those with asthma . Chronic lung disease and heart disease The initial symptoms are similar to the flu, including a cough, mucus, and a low-grade fever It is caused by a bacterial infection of the respiratory system.

“This virus can be prevented by vaccination. If there is close contact between people living in the same house and a person with a disease There will be a medicine that prevents it and a medicine that will cure it as the same medicine. If it continues for 1-2 weeks, the cough becomes more severe, cough in a row, breathing in will make a whistling sound, alternately, it is called whooping cough. And in the case of children under the age of 1 year, symptoms can be severe. Some people cough so much that they vomit. Or you can cough until you turn green and die.”

Dr Jira added that adults or older children who have whooping cough rarely have serious symptoms. There may be flu-like symptoms. If a child has a severe cough, has had symptoms for more than 10 days, or has a severe cough, they should see a doctor. For prevention methods, protection should be done from the time the mother is pregnant. Because during pregnancy there will be prenatal care according to the doctor’s prescription. There will be a vaccine. As well as the tetanus vaccine There will also be a whooping cough vaccine, which will be given over a period of 20 weeks or more. If the injection is given, it will be able to give immunity to those who come from it. After the child is born, he or she should receive 5 shots of vaccine, which are given at the age of 2, 4, 6, months, and at 1 year, 6 months, and at 4 years, a the vaccine will include diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. The injection can be given at government service centers free of charge.