Whooping cough spreading across Chicago area
There’s been a significant rise in the number of cases of whooping cough in the Chicago area this year, public health administrators said today, urging people to use precautions to help stem the spread of the highly contagious disease.
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While Chicago has confirmed an increase in whooping cough cases this year compared to previous years, the biggest jump in numbers appears to be happening in suburban Cook and the collar counties. McHenry County, for example, averages about eight cases annually. This year, it’s already up to 143.
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The first symptoms usually appear about a week after someone is exposed. They can mimic the symptoms of a cold: runny nose, sneezing, a low fever and a mild cough. Whooping cough symptoms can progress, though, to severe coughing fits, particularly at night, and coughing attacks are sometimes followed by vomiting. The potentially fatal disease tends to be most serious in infants and people who have compromised immune systems. The last whooping cough death in Illinois was that of a 2-month-old in 2001.
On a side note, I had a runny nose and mild fever on Friday and Saturday that's moved into my chest and has been making me cough like a mo-fo all day. So if I stop posting, it's probably because I'm dead or something.
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
What a wonderful forum this would be. But one could only wish.
Anyone have a link to what a whooping cough sounds like?
So I can keep safe....
CRAP! I live in the suburban Cook and collar counties!!
I should stay inside my house the rest of the year.
Edited, Mon Sep 27 19:12:12 2004 by Soprino
Edited, Mon Sep 27 19:13:45 2004 by Soprino
So I can keep safe....
CRAP! I live in the suburban Cook and collar counties!!
I should stay inside my house the rest of the year.
Edited, Mon Sep 27 19:12:12 2004 by Soprino
Edited, Mon Sep 27 19:13:45 2004 by Soprino
*HUGZ!!!*
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
The cough sounds like any other harsh bronchial cough. The "whooping" part comes from trying to catch your breath with your bronchial tubes swollen shut. Kind of like a severe asthmatic attack, if you've ever heard someone trying to breathe through one of those.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Theres a lot of kids out sick from school this year.
Some people are missing almost 4 weeks of school.
So yeah...it is pretty bad here for those that weren't convinced by the article.
Some people are missing almost 4 weeks of school.
So yeah...it is pretty bad here for those that weren't convinced by the article.
It sounds like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman doing the "whoop whoop!" at the polo games. But after you cough you supposed to bark-laugh like a seal and kiss Lyle Lovette.
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
It must have been spread by sea creatures in Lake Michigan.
Or it could have been spread by kissing Melissa Gilbert.
Roseanne drove the trailer all the way to Chi-Town so she could train the Lake Michigan sea creatures to infect people with whooping cough.
Or Gilbert Godfrey.
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Mary > Laura ... well, except for the blind thing
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Guess this thread got shut down by Godfried's Law.
It's spread by people with no health insurance who have no idea they have it.
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Smasharoo wrote:
It's spread by people with no health insurance who have no idea they have it.
Who cares if poor people get sick? My kids go to private school.
Lubriderm the Hand wrote:
Smasharoo wrote:
It's spread by people with no health insurance who have no idea they have it.
Who cares if poor people get sick? My kids go to private school.
When you take your kids to McDonald's and the person behind the counter, who can't afford to take one day off, coughs as you hand them money.
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Diseases are great. They kill the poor.
Yeah, too bad they don't just target the stupid instead.
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