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Yearly Archives: 2019

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A Most Frustrating Infection

  • Post author:Douglas Jenkinson
  • Post published:30/11/2019
  • Post category:Cough / pertussis / whooping cough
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Trying to get whooping cough diagnosed can be a nightmare I am a retired GP with an interest in whooping cough and I have a website that has been helping…

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Attacks of coughing, choking and retching

Attacks of coughing, choking and retching

  • Post author:Douglas Jenkinson
  • Post published:05/11/2019
  • Post category:Cough / pertussis / whooping cough
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Does this describe what you have been suffering from for many days or weeks? Do you frighten yourself and others when you get these attacks? Have you already seen a…

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So You Think You Have Whooping Cough?

  • Post author:Douglas Jenkinson
  • Post published:01/11/2019
  • Post category:Cough / pertussis / whooping cough
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Well there is a very good chance you are correct. To have got as far as suspecting it you will either have had to do a bit of research, which…

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How long is whooping cough infectious for?

  • Post author:Douglas Jenkinson
  • Post published:02/10/2019
  • Post category:Cough / pertussis / whooping cough
  • Post comments:3 Comments

3D representation of pertussis toxin, made up of 6 complex protein subunits. It is one of several toxins produced by Bordetella pertussis. It is most lethal in babies. An inactivated…

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A terrible cough that nobody can diagnose

A terrible cough that nobody can diagnose

  • Post author:Douglas Jenkinson
  • Post published:28/09/2019
  • Post category:Cough / pertussis / whooping cough
  • Post comments:0 Comments

The image above is a representation of the main toxin produced by Bordetella pertussis. Not in children any more Most people think that whooping cough (pertussis) is a disease of…

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Suspecting whooping cough

  • Post author:Douglas Jenkinson
  • Post published:20/09/2019
  • Post category:Cough / pertussis / whooping cough
  • Post comments:2 Comments

How do you know when to suspect whooping cough? Parents of teenagers might find this interesting. When to suspect whooping cough. The kids will make light of it because they…

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