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Whooping Cough Home Care: Warning Signs

Notify your doctor if you have whooping cough and any of the following:

Worsening cough
Shortness of breath
Repeated vomiting after coughing
Symptoms last longer than 1 week
Cyanosis:

Blue lips or nailbeds

Confusion
Lethargy:

Excessive sleepiness

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Last Updated: Nov 4, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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Whooping Cough References:

Altunaiji S, Kukuruzovic R, Curtis N, Massie J. Antibiotics for whooping cough (pertussis). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jan 25;(1):CD004404.
Pillay V, Swingler G. Symptomatic treatment of the cough in whooping cough. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;(4):CD003257.
Watanabe M, Nagai M. Whooping cough due to Bordetella parapertussis: an unresolved problem. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2004 Jun;2(3):447-54.