Hello, my mother has been coughing a lot lately, and I mean A LOT! I have a feeling it might be whooping cough because it is so vicious and non stop when she starts. I am starting to get worried about her
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. Whooping cough is seen mainly in child Chat Doctor. So if you are vaccinated than no need to worry at all. The symptoms of whooping cough are1. Chronic braking type of cough. The sound is very loud like barking of dog.2. Fever, sweating3. Throat pain4. Cervical lymphadenopathy to diagnose this we need to isolate B. Pertusis in throat swab. So in my opinion you are not having whooping cough, so no need to worry about this. You may have severe upper respiratory tract infection (URI). So avoid hot and spicy, oily food,