Article published on Dec 15, 2009
Our five-year-old son has a really bad cough for the past two weeks. He started out with a cold and some cough. He has asthma, and I thought it was one of those episodes which we are very familiar with. We gave him his puffers, but he didnʼt get any better. Instead, he is a...
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Article published on Nov 9, 2004
Our teenage daughter is in junior high school. Last week, she brought home a notice about a whooping cough vaccine study. I remember she had received all her childhood immunizations. I am worried about this vaccine study. I don’t want my daughter to be used as a guinea pig. Please give me advice what I...
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Article published on Jun 24, 2003
Our teenage son was sick with a bad cough for almost two months. His cough was so severe that he would lose his breath, his whole face turned beef-red, and he would vomit mucus from time to time. As a result, he missed several weeks of school. We took him to our doctor and to...
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Article published on Jan 2, 2001
My brother and his family live next door. Their two children have asthma and they cough almost daily. Lately their cough is just wicked. Yesterday their doctor suspected they have whooping cough, and sent them for tests. These children play with our boys every day after school. Our two boys have just started coughing, although...
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Article published on Feb 26, 1997
My neighbour’s children have been coughing for the past two weeks. Yesterday their mother told me that they may have whooping cough. These children come over to our house everyday and play with our children. I am terrified that our children (two- and four-years-old) will get sick. Is there anything that I can do to...
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