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WHOOPING COUGH Pertussis/Whooping Cough Mary Beth Gibson Ashford University August 27, 2012 Instructor Kristin Akerele What is pertussis? What describe the epidemiology of pertussis? Who provides services to patients with pertussis? The Government mandates we have policies and procedures in place? Identify barriers that might make it difficult for treatment or patients to access services needed? Communication sometimes causes challenges for the public. In order to maintain our safety we

What is Whooping cough? Whooping cough is a bacterial upper respiratory infection that leads to episodes of violent coughing. The disease got its name because of the characteristic sound that is made when affected individuals attempt to inhale; the “whoop” originates from the inflammation and swelling of the voice box that vibrates when too much air comes in when one breathes after coughing. (Medline plus) Whooping cough is a very contagious disease. It spreads through close contact that includes

Thank you very much for referring Anna along for further investigation of her most recent two-week history of cough in the setting of her two-year history of chronic cough. As you are aware over the last two to three years she has noticed that she has an uncontrollable dry cough most days. It is worsened with talking, sipping cold water and occasionally even cold air. She does not have any regular post-nasal drip or GORD symptoms. It was thought that this was perhaps representative of asthma

Whooping cough is becoming more common in the community and primarily being spread through school systems. It is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection that is marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like a “whoop”, which is where the name comes from (Mayo, 2016). It is caused by the microbe bordatella pertussis which is a bacterium. These bacteria attach themselves to the cilia that line part of the respiratory tract. People with pertussis

Cough Heather Colome University of South Florida Cough CASE ONE: Mrs. L. Windermere is a 73-year-old woman under your care for more than a decade. She has no chronic medical conditions and comes in once a year in the spring just to “catch up.” In this visit her only complaint is a cough. It started a month or two ago following a cold. She hadn’t been very ill – just some congestion and rhinorrhea. After those symptoms mostly resolved, she developed this cough. She asks, “Is there something

REQUEST Is honey effective in reducing acute cough symptoms due to upper respiratory tract infections in children? RESPONSE Background Upper respiratory tract infections are one of the most common illnesses in children, with acute cough as a primary complaint. This can become quite cumbersome for parents to manage, considering young children may have up to eight respiratory infections with a cough per year, each lasting approximately ten days.1 Despite the frequency of this ailment, there are not

Home Remedies for Kids Cough Cough is known to be a healthy way of removing mucus bacteria and other irritants from the body. However the cough may frequent and prolonged suggesting a malfunctioning of some body part. Toddlers experience coughs more frequently than other people and the period takes about three to four weeks to heal under normal circumstances and this is usually referred to as simple cough. If by any chance the period is extended then a doctor need to be called as this is an indicator

General Study Information Principle Investigator: Lesley A Houghton, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Florida Study Title: Chronic Cough and Reflux: Is Esophageal Motility the Key? Co-Investigator(s): Respiratory Research Group University of Manchester, UK Jaclyn A Smith, MRC Clinician Scientist and Reader, University of Manchester, Consultant Pulmonologist, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust; Visiting Scientist, Mayo Clinic

The Cough Harry Hume’s short story “The Cough” uses figurative language to show that the father works as a miner and as a result is getting sick but cannot stop working as his job is the only thing keeping the family afloat. The diction used in this micro story illustrates how the father’s job as a miner seeps into every part of their life. The personification of the cough sets out to illustrate the father’s illness not as something evil or destructive, but simply as a nuisance. The symbolism

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