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How can you recognize whooping cough yourself? To detect whooping cough in adults, infants or incipient whooping cough (stage catarrhale) in children is generally difficult and is sometimes misjudged even by experienced doctors. Especially children with fever and cold symptoms should definitely consult a pediatrician. Children who have not been vaccinated are suspected to have … How can you recognize whooping cough yourself? | Whooping cough

Complications Among the most common complications are bronchitis and pneumonia, although these are caused by other pathogens. Other possible complications are: Otitis media Lung damage (burst pulmonary alveoli) SeizuresEpilepsy Diagnosis If the disease is already in the conculsivum stage, the diagnosis is easy to make on the basis of the coughing attacks. If necessary, the … Complications | Whooping cough

Illness during pregnancy In general, if the mother has whooping cough during pregnancy, there is no danger for the baby, because the pathogen cannot enter the placenta and the circulation of the unborn child via the blood (the pathogen does not pass through the placenta). Nevertheless, if the whooping cough infection is clear, the mother … Illness during pregnancy | Whooping cough

Vaccination and prophylaxis According to the recommendation of the STIKO (Permanent Vaccination Commission of the Robert Koch Institute), the whooping cough vaccination (also: pertussis vaccination) should be given as part of basic immunization together with the vaccination against diphtheria and tetanus. In principle, this should be done within the first year of life (in exceptional … Vaccination and prophylaxis | Whooping cough