Pertussis Health Feed

Whooping Cough (another name for Pertussis) can be termed as an infection to the respiratory system caused by the bacterium Bordetella Pertussis (B. pertussis). It generally affects infants (below one year of age) and who have not yet been immunized; also kids between 11 to 18 years of age whose immunity graphs are on a downward spiral.

What are the Signs and Symptoms?
Initially, whooping cough produces signs and symptoms that may just seem to overlap with those exhibited during the...more

Cough and cold are very daunting diseases for anyone out there. Especially for people who have a tendency of catching cold easily. Nobody likes to have a runny nose, vigorous cough and fever. But all these symptoms occur when anyone suffers from cough and cold. However, the symptoms get doubled when anyone suffers with Whooping cough. Though any kind of chronic cough can be severe enough but whooping cough is the most panic striking among them all.

What is whooping cough?

Whoo...more

Upper respiratory infection (URI) is a condition, which involves illness, mainly caused by critical infection in the upper respiratory tract. This region includes the pharynx, larynx, nose and sinus. This infection causes diseases, such as tonsillitis (tonsils get inflamed), pharyngitis (causes sore throat) sinusitis (nasal passage becomes inflamed), laryngitis (voice box in your throat gets inflamed) and common cold.

Causes of upper respiratory infection (URI):
1. Both virus and ba...more

Cough and cold are very daunting diseases for anyone out there. Especially for people who have a tendency of catching cold easily. Nobody likes to have a runny nose, vigorous cough and fever. But all these symptoms occur when anyone suffers from cough and cold. However, the symptoms get doubled when anyone suffers with whooping cough. Though any kind of chronic cough can be severe enough but whooping cough is the most panic striking among them all.

What is whooping cough?

Whoo...more

Cough is the natural reflex action of a human being to clear the throat or breathing passage from obstructions by foreign particles. Whooping cough or pertussis can be identified by the whooping sound that accompanies cold cough. Whooping cough is caused due to bacterial infection or through transmission from the infected person.

The following are few symptoms of whooping cough:

1. Runny nose and frequent sneezing
2. Cough accompanied by a whooping sound
3. Frequent vom...more

Different type of vaccination has different doses.
Yes, you are eligible. Ideal time puberty before sex starts.

I hope your recovery from chickenpox is progressing well. In general, the decision to resume table tennis after recovery depends on a few factors:
complete recovery:
ensure you have fully recovered from chickenpox. Returning to physical activities too soon can delay healing and increase the risk of complications.
Medical clearance:
obtain medical clearance from your doctor before resuming intense physical activities like table tennis. They can assess your overall health and guide...more

You can take all types of home made food. Take proper rest.
And use Homeopathic medicine Rhus Tox 30

Hi,
understand your concern. Shingles/chicken pox are contagious. However, the zoster virus is contagious only in its active stage. It is non- contagious in dormant stage. Almost every person carries it whoever is infected in their life time. It stays dormant and reactivates at times. Thats the time when it is contagious. Else do not worry, it doesnot harm in anyway.
Hope this is clear. For further details, please connect online/in-person.

1. Take plenty of water/ liquids- tea milk, soups, narial pani 2. Take healthy, easily digestible food- kichri. Dalia. Fruits vegetables
3. Adequate rest 4. Little walk 5. Taking baths with lukewarm water can add baking soda 6. Wearing lightweight, soft clothing
for medicine contact on private consultation.

Try to increase your immunity, take lot of green leafy vegitables and have fiber rich diet like beetroots carrots cucumber, also doing excercise can help you to increase testosterone level so it can help you with your erection and decrease your brain fogging.

If re-exposed, persons who have previously received full pre-exposure or post-exposure
treatment (either by IM or ID route) vaccine should be given for only two booster doses,
intramuscularly/intradermally (0.1 ml at two sites) on days 0 and 3, but no rabies
immunoglobulin. Only adequate wound washing would be required in case of re-exposure
where animal bite victim has documented proof of complete PEP or PrEP within last three
months.
Conclusion: YES, you have to ta...more

Follow these herbal combinations for complete cure
sootshekhar ras 1 tablet twice a day
ras raj ras 1 tablet twice a day
ashta moorti avleh 10 gm twice a day
vyadhi har rasayan 125 mg twice a day
kanchnar awleh 3 gram twice a day
send your reports.

Dear lybrate-user, thanks for reaching out since your son's typhidot igm is positive you must get a professional opinion by physical / video consultation with me or any paediatrician at earliest and start antibiotics at recommend dosage and time.
This is because if not treated properly now, he may develop severe complications in adulthood like ulcers in intestinal walls, obstruction of food passage, etc.
Please don't take any such risk.
Take care.

She might be suffering from neuropathy which is causing her urinary incontinence. Her neuropathy could have been resulted due to poor blood sugar control, varicella infection in the past, b12 deficiency due to medicines, etc. Needs to rule out the cause of her problem and her treatment will be based on that.