http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/health-news/113711/nyc-health-department-whooping-cough-on-the-rise-poses-threat-to-infants.html Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.9 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/health-news/113711/nyc-health-department-whooping-cough-on-the-rise-poses-threat-to-infants.html#comment-244690 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:00:37 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=113711#comment-244690 B”H you are feeling better. Now you know why they say that the cough can even break ribs! Folks who refuse the 11yo additional booster are just plain stupid (and I don’t use that word lightly). Like measels, it is a brutal childhood disease that has been nearly irradicated. Our parents remember them, but too many of todays young parents don’t and therefore treat immunizations with a cavalier attitude that can be deadly.

]]> http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/health-news/113711/nyc-health-department-whooping-cough-on-the-rise-poses-threat-to-infants.html#comment-244641 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:17:15 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=113711#comment-244641 I had it in September – in adults there isnt a “whooping” sound, but the coughing was so violent I couldnt catch my breath. Not only did my throat and head hurt from coughing, but so did my ribs, back, and chest. Baruch Hashem I dont have babies, but I had to go back to the dr a second time before I was diagnosed.

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