Article: Which is it? Cold or flu? sinus infection or allergies? Whooping cough or croup? lots of common illnesses have befuddlingly similar symptoms. Here's how to tell the difference and how to help your child start feeling better.(keeping them healthy)

Article: Whooping Cough Cases Found in Tri-Cities Area
Yakima Herald-Republic;  August 7, 2003 ;     465 words ......considering it when a child or adult with symptoms...be immunized against whooping cough. The other was diagnosed...Both are recovering. One child in 10 with whooping cough gets pneumonia, and one child in 50 has convulsions...Adults and older teens get whooping ...

Article: WHOOPING COUGH FOUND IN 2
Post-Tribune (IN);  September 15, 1992 ;     438 words ......sound as the child breathes inward. Whooping cough lasts up to...said neither child has been hospitalized...outbreak of whooping cough. A health alert...to prevent whooping cough, is routinely...required before a child may attend...

Article: Whooping cough case suspected at Frolio
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  June 6, 2003 ;     533 words ......have been exposed to a child with whooping cough. The letter, a standard...state recommends that a child who has whooping cough and is taking antibiotics...school for five days. If a child with whooping cough is not on antibiotics...

Article: Whooping cough case appears to be isolated.
Daily News (Jacksonville, NC);  May 27, 2006 ;     519 words ......symptoms and a whooping cough test was done on the child. This past Monday...confirmed that the child had whooping cough, which is a highly...disease its nickname, whooping cough. The coughing spells...weeks, and the child might turn blue...

Article: New Survey Reveals Few Parents are Concerned about their Preteen or Teen Getting Whooping Cough.
PR Newswire;  July 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......protect against whooping cough, a serious disease...half say their child has actually received...extremely familiar with whooping cough. School nurses...valuable part of a child's healthcare, said...concerns about their child's health - at home or at school. About ...

Article: Illness Brings Coughs of Concern -- Yakima County sees more cases of whooping cough, also know as pertussis
Yakima Herald-Republic;  June 4, 2002 ;     494 words ......sometimes kills kids. Whooping cough - also called pertussis...physicians know that whooping cough is out there. "Once (whooping cough) gets seeded in...six years, annual whooping cough cases have ranged...can give it to a child." Children younger...of coughing, ...

Article: Whooping Cough: Prevention Is Worth the Risk
The Washington Post;  January 23, 1990 ;     700+ words ......illness known as whooping cough. Even among experienced...after the infected child has spread the...being vaccinated. Whooping cough, or pertussis...pediatrician and child-care clinic in...complications of whooping cough) at ages 2, 4...that particular child. ...

Article: RAILWAY TUNNEL cures whooping cough
A Dictionary of Superstitions;      189 words ...RAILWAY TUNNEL cures whooping cough 1883 BURNE Shropshire...opposite to me, with a child in her arms, pulled...and lifted the child to the open window...tunnel was good for whooping-cough! 1962 South Wales...if you stuck a child's head out of the...railway engine. Any ...

Article: Whooping cough spreads; Disease misdiagnosed - mother
The Press;  September 11, 2002 ;     522 words ......another. Health officials are predicting a whooping cough epidemic similar to the one that ravaged...Health figures show there were 62 reported whooping cough cases during August in Canterbury, South...officer of health Daniel Williams said whooping cough had emerged in South ...

Article: 'Missed' whooping cough risk to babies
The Scotsman;  July 7, 2006 ;     415 words ......of spread. Other research has suggested whooping cough is endemic in adults, meaning they too...spreading the illness. Although deaths from whooping cough are rare in the UK, young babies yet to...the illness. In the most serious cases, whooping cough can affect the central nervous ...

Article: Five with whooping cough at Central School
Glencoe News (IL);  October 13, 2005 ;     317 words ...A minor outbreak of whooping cough at Central School put...Central School teacher -- of whooping cough or pertussis, which is...parents telling us their child has it, so we can inform...Health, said cases of whooping cough are not uncommon and recommended...difficulty breathing. ...

Article: About children Whooping cough's three stages
Daily Record, The Wooster, OH;  May 9, 2009 ;     639 words ......percent of all reported whooping cough cases occur in what...commonplace. Symptoms of whooping cough last an average of...most serious stage of whooping cough, usually lasting two-fo...usually worse at night. Whooping cough is treated with antibiotics...been diagnosed ...

Article: Whooping cough threat played down; HEALTH: Experts move to quell fears of children's disease becoming an epidemic.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 31, 2002 ;     414 words ......yesterday moved to quell fears of a whooping cough epidemic. Twenty-three children from...little chance of it happening in Wales. Whooping cough, along with measles, rubella and diphtheria...has all but killed off diphtheria and whooping cough. Last year there were 37 cases of ...

Article: Concord; Whooping cough case reported; Daycare issues alert
Concord Monitor;  September 30, 2005 ;     458 words ......shocked in a way because I just thought whooping cough was gone because everyone gets their shots...allergies. She was also diagnosed with whooping cough and spent much of September bed-ridden...said the office just sees a handful of whooping cough cases a year, usually in the ...