Patient's question:
Recently, I've been experiencing chest pain and tightness in my chest. The hospital examination suggested a respiratory disease, but the medication hasn't been very effective. Recently, my cough has worsened. Is it possible that it's whooping cough, which means continuous coughing? How should it be treated?Doctor's answer:
Whooping cough is a contagious disease, but it is rarely seen now because babies have been vaccinated with the trivalent whooping cough vaccine since three months of age, which contains whooping cough. Whooping cough proves that the child coughs for a long time, but it does not necessarily mean that they will cough for 100 days. Once it is confirmed that the child has whooping cough, it is best to go to the local hospital or a specialized infectious disease hospital for inpatient treatment because this disease is highly contagious, so it is necessary to isolate it from other children.