Whooping cough is a disease made by the bacterium Bordetella Pertussis. A person affected by whooping cough will cough or sneeze. The fluid from their nose and mouth carries virus, which can infect you, too.
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WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?
Sneezing
Runny nose
Mild-cough
Appetite loss
Vomit
Diarrhea
Nosebleed
Tiredness
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WHAT MODERN MEDICINES ARE USED TO TREAT IT?
Modern medicine can be used to treat the whooping cough. For kids 10 years or younger, they could take a DTaP vaccine so they could prevent it. For people 11 years or older, they should take a Tdap vaccine. If the Bordtella Pertussis virus already entered a person’s body, you have to take antibiotics following the schedule the doctor gives you.
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ARE THERE ANY HOME REMEDIES TO TREAT IT?
You could drink 5 drops of garlic oil 2 or 3 times a day.
5 drops of almond oil could help.
When you get whooping cough you dehydrate a lot so you have to drink 10-12 glasses of water only if the person is not bleeding or having diarrhea.
If you have chest congestion, you could get few drops of eucalyptus oil and rub the remedy on your chest.
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INTERESTING FACTS
About 5.4 people died getting whooping cough, and in Texas and California, people’s deaths are still increasing. People don’t know where the whooping cough started affecting people.