whooping cough (Pertussis)

Question 1

questions to ask

Answer 1

Age?
tell me more about your symptoms? vomiting
Face flushing, bleeding under skin/eyes
Cyanosis (turning blue)
 child may vomit

what time does it get worse? more common at night.

nature of cough? non-stop

Question 2

what should be done for babies?

Answer 2

refer for hospital admission if any symptoms match it in babies

Question 3

> 1 year old, how to treat?

Answer 3

home treatment, with prophylactic erythromycin in children greater than 1-year-old.