whooping cough ???? WORRIED

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ugh. ok. I have 3 unvaxed kids...ages 4, 3, and 10 months (baby is still

nursing often, I am a stay at home mom). I have been having these weird

" coughing attacks " for SEVERAL months- they come out of no where and mucous

seems to develop from out of the blue and comes UP from the lungs and I can

barely breath to cough, face turns red, sweating, weird sucking in noise

in my chest at the end of my breath when I inhale...they last for an hour

and then are gone. Many times they occur at night...can be everyday or once

every few days. My son had a terrible cough that resulted in pneumonia

last November, he was VERY sick, treated with antibiotics.

SO...that said...my best friends husband has been sick all winter (always

coughing, had pneumonia, etc.)- well- he went to a new dr who said they

think its whooping cough (waiting on test results).

Then it clicked- well duhhh- isnt that what I HAVE???? I read up on it

and it sounds like what is causing my coughing attacks...but I have been

having them for gosh, 8 months now!!! Not even knowing that...I started on an

antibiotic (azithromicin) 2 days ago...could not stand the coughing ANY

more. So my question is...is it possible I have had whooping cough for over 6

months? Is it possible that is what caused my sons pneumonia last

November? Everything I read said all family members in contact need

antibiotics.

My daughter, only 10 months, has a cough right now and is pulling at her

ear and had a bad night of sleep last night- seems to always be sick which I

thought was odd since I am breastfeeding and my other kids were never this

sick when they were nursing. She had one diagnoses ear infection several

months ago...probably has had others since then but we chose to wait it

out. My son just had another terrible cough that we were scared would turn

into pneumonia again so he had antibitoics last week. SOme things I read

about whopping cough (pertussin) going untreated seem scary- so what should I

do now? Do I treat all my family- especially worried about my 10 month old

baby- what if she has had this for months? I was wondering why we have

had the worst winter ever with colds, runny/stuffy nose/cough- we have been

sick more than we ahv been healthy, honestly. could we have all had

whooping cough for several months???? What do I do? I can go to the ped but I

need to know what to do first....they will freak out on me if I tell them I

think I have it and my kids are unvaxed!!!!!!!!!!

worried

Amy

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>> " coughing attacks " for SEVERAL months- they come out of no where and mucous

> seems to develop from out of the blue and comes UP from the lungs and I can

> barely breath to cough, face turns red, sweating, weird sucking in noise

> in my chest at the end of my breath when I inhale...they last for an hour

> and then are gone.

Hi, I wonder if it might be some kind of allergic reaction to something. My 4

years old son is the same way, strong cough out of the blue when he eats or

laughs or just for no reason. It all started when he turned 3 and started part

time daycare. Before the daycare, he was never around many people and is unvaxed

and was very healthy. But when he started daycare, he was sick constantly and

our ped. sent us to allergiest/asthma specialist who think it's asthma. He is

too young for a clear diagnosis but he does have food allegries and asthma go

hand in hand. He also had terrible coughs, with lots of phlegm, mucus,

heavy/rapid breathing. A few times he sounded terrible and i thought of

pnemonia, TB, pertussis, etc.; everyone was so scarred and pushed me to admit

him to a hosptial which i resisted and he got better on his own with lots of

water, vit.c & d, echinesia/goldenseal.

I asked our ped. about whooping cough and he said it's wasn't it(i would take

whooping cough over pnemonia anyday). WC has a specific sound and a pattern that

a good doctor should be able to recognize. Why don't you go to a doctor yourself

for diagnosis just to see what they say about your cough. You should probably go

to a specialist and don't waist time with GP. It's probably nothing or could be

allergies or perhaps (god forbid ) asthma. From my understanding, WC is

self-limiting and does not need any treatments. WC would be the least of your

worries.

Have you tried colloidal silver or other lactation safe herbs/vitamins? Drink

lots of liquids to help " washing it out " and look into alternative methods to

getting rid of coughs.

Katarina

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I am NO expert, but I hear it's pretty contagious. 8 months is the key here..way

too long in my personal opinion for it to be WC.

I would be very low key about it and head to a specialist..totally agree and NOT

ask about whopping cough just find out what IT is. Probbably will get a chest X

ray and antibiotics. Remember, certain antibiotics treat bacterial..some are for

different things so maybe what you're on won't help. I agree. You go first and

FAST. If it was WC I wouldn' announce your no vax stance. My gut is telling me

it is asthma and pnemonia. Even if you were able to fight off WC on your own

somewhat your children are too little..someone would have it FULL blown right

now. Rememeber, when you got " it " your baby was 2 months old..BF or not it's too

concoindental that she has nothing like what you have.Your BF proctection

safegaurds her against what you are protected against.

Breathe...I think everyone will end up being addressed differently.

hang in there:)

>

> >> " coughing attacks " for SEVERAL months- they come out of no where and

mucous

> > seems to develop from out of the blue and comes UP from the lungs and I can

> > barely breath to cough, face turns red, sweating, weird sucking in noise

> > in my chest at the end of my breath when I inhale...they last for an hour

> > and then are gone.

>

> Hi, I wonder if it might be some kind of allergic reaction to something. My 4

years old son is the same way, strong cough out of the blue when he eats or

laughs or just for no reason. It all started when he turned 3 and started part

time daycare. Before the daycare, he was never around many people and is unvaxed

and was very healthy. But when he started daycare, he was sick constantly and

our ped. sent us to allergiest/asthma specialist who think it's asthma. He is

too young for a clear diagnosis but he does have food allegries and asthma go

hand in hand. He also had terrible coughs, with lots of phlegm, mucus,

heavy/rapid breathing. A few times he sounded terrible and i thought of

pnemonia, TB, pertussis, etc.; everyone was so scarred and pushed me to admit

him to a hosptial which i resisted and he got better on his own with lots of

water, vit.c & d, echinesia/goldenseal.

> I asked our ped. about whooping cough and he said it's wasn't it(i would take

whooping cough over pnemonia anyday). WC has a specific sound and a pattern that

a good doctor should be able to recognize. Why don't you go to a doctor yourself

for diagnosis just to see what they say about your cough. You should probably go

to a specialist and don't waist time with GP. It's probably nothing or could be

allergies or perhaps (god forbid ) asthma. From my understanding, WC is

self-limiting and does not need any treatments. WC would be the least of your

worries.

> Have you tried colloidal silver or other lactation safe herbs/vitamins? Drink

lots of liquids to help " washing it out " and look into alternative methods to

getting rid of coughs.

>

> Katarina

>