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Whooping cough

Whooping cough is a highly contagious cough, and is named after one of the primary symptoms of whooping cough, the whooping sound made on the inward breath after the cough.

There is an incubation period of between seven to ten days, after which there are what appear to be normal cold symptoms, such as coughing, sneezing and runny rose. However, after that, the coughing gets much worse and the whooping sound occurs as the sufferer inhales afterwards. Whooping cough fits are often followed by vomiting.

Whooping cough can last for up to two weeks, and complications can include:

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