What are the symptoms of whooping cough (pertussis)? How many people in the United States have whooping cough each year? Worldwide?
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1. runny nose
2. dry cough
3. fever.
After a few days the symptoms gets worse:
1.severe coughing in fits or episode that can last up to one minute in which the face usually becomes red or blue due to lack of oxygen.
2. vomiting after coughing episode
3. coughing up thick phlegm
4. fatigue
Complications of this can be severe and life threatening for infants like dehydration, pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, and respiratory arrest.
Note: There are about 7,994 cases of whooping cough in the U.S. every year.
And worldwide:
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* About 131,000 deaths from pertussis (whooping cough) in Africa 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
* About 11,000 deaths from pertussis (whooping cough) in The Americas 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
* About 46,000 deaths from pertussis (whooping cough) in Eastern Mediterranean 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
* About 2,000 deaths from pertussis (whooping cough) in Western Pacific 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
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Each year there are about 5000-7000 cases reported in the United States. Since the 1980s, incidents of pertussis have increased steadily. Worldwide, there are about 30–50 million cases of Pertussis per year.
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