Anyone ever get Whooping Cough?

A.K.A. Pertussis. I ask because I have been sick for a while now, but officially tested positive for pertussis, and it is a horrible disease. The coughing! The mucas! The trouble sleeping!

If you were wondering:

Symptoms of whooping cough typically last 6 to 10 weeks (but may last longer) and occur in three stages. * Stage 1: Coldlike symptoms, such as sneezing, runny nose, mild coughing, watery eyes, and sometimes a mild fever, last from several days to 2 weeks. An infected person is most contagious during this stage. * Stage 2: Coldlike symptoms fade, but the cough worsens, changing from a dry, hacking cough to bursts of uncontrollable, often violent coughing. During a coughing episode, it may be temporarily impossible to take a breath because of the intensity and repetition of coughs. When finally able to breathe, the person may take in a sudden gasp of air through airways narrowed by inflammation, sometimes causing a whooping noise. Vomiting and severe exhaustion often follow a coughing spell. However, between coughing episodes, the infected person often appears normal. This is the most serious stage of whooping cough, usually lasting from 2 to 4 weeks or longer. * Stage 3: Although the person improves and gains strength, the cough may become louder and sound worse. Coughing spells may occur sporadically for weeks to months and may flare up if a cold or other upper respiratory illness develops. This final stage may last longer in people who have never received the whooping cough vaccine.

Basically, I randomly start coughing for about 10 seconds, can't breathe or move while it's going on, and spit mucas everywhere. Bad attacks leave me with migraine-like headaches for a little while and symptoms get worse at night and in the morning. When I wake up I often spend about 20 minutes at a sink just coughing shit up. It wakes me up often during the night, making it difficult to sleep well, if at all. Wee!

Yeah I had it. It wasn't fun. My whole family was actually under quarintine for 5 days, even though they didn't have it. My parents couldn't go to work and my brother couldn't go to school. They could still go out and stuff, just not to their workplaces.

Wow thats intense. hope you feel better

wow, gruesome, i never expected you to say that to him. polite even to someone you apparently don't like.... o well, i guess i could be polite too......


don't die on us grav... there! i said it....

It's amazing how these old diseases which had been virtually eradicated are making a comeback. Oh wait, viruses and bacteria own us!

One of my older friends had it for awhile, and he'd have those 10 second cough spats as well, usually ending with him vomiting or coughing up blood. He didn't even know he had it until after awhile his girlfriend forced him to go to the doc.

Wow thats intense. hope you feel better

Hope you catch it.

Whats wrong with you?

Am I the only one that finds "Whooping cough" arousing?

Whats wrong with you?

I have Whooping Cough. This has been established.

Never had it O_o.

I never get sick. Lucky me.

I have Whooping Cough. This has been established.

Yeah its not fun, hey Grav?

physically

Just Canadian. Im not really into drugs.

Never had it O_o. I never get sick. Lucky me.

i barely ever get sick too..... and i walk around everyday come rain or snow(though we never ever get snow where i live, just hail on rare occasion), in shorts and short sleeve shirts. whatchya got, huh? lol

anyone had smallpox or smallpenis


not me

I never get sick. Lucky me.

It's hard to get sick if you don't leave your house.

One day he'll get sick. The one day has air con breaks and has to open his window.

All they germs will be waiting for their chance. Mark my words, the day will come.

Hope you catch it.

Its truely amazing. I try to be nice and he still is an asshole. You know what, I retract that statement and hope you fucken cough yourself into a coma you douchebag.

Can dogs get whopping cough?