Comments on: Silence the sounds of Pertussis http://momreviews.net/2008/03/10/silence-the-sounds-of-pertussis/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:51:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Liz Ditz http://momreviews.net/2008/03/10/silence-the-sounds-of-pertussis/comment-page-1/#comment-4931 Liz Ditz Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:43:24 +0000 http://momreviews.net/2008/03/10/silence-the-sounds-of-pertussis/#comment-4931 Here are my two posts on the Silence the Sound of Pertussis campaign: <a href="http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2008/04/why-vaccinate.html" rel="nofollow">Why Vaccinate?</a> and <a href="http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2008/04/pkids-campaign.html" rel="nofollow">PKids' Campaign: Silence the Sound of Pertussis</a>. I'm keeping a list of bloggers contributing to the campaign there; I've added your blog to the list. Two things to know: The immunity given by vaccination in infancy wanes after about 10 years. The CDC recommends that teens receive a booster, in the form of <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/teen-schedule.htm" rel="nofollow">Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap)</a>. Did you know that a person with pertussis is contagious long before the cough develops? From <a href="http://www.pertussis.com/faq.html#complications" rel="nofollow"> Pertussis.com</a>. <i>Young infants are at highest risk for pertussis-related complications, including seizures, encephalopathy (swelling of the brain), otitis media (severe ear infection), anorexia (severe restriction of food intake) and dehydration. Pneumonia is the most common complication and cause of infant pertussis-related deaths. Whooping cough can be life-threatening for infants who are not fully vaccinated. In fact, over the last decade, 80 percent of whooping cough deaths occurred in infants under 6 months of age. In adolescents and adults, whooping cough can cause severe coughing that can make it hard to breathe, eat, or sleep, and can result in cracked ribs, pneumonia, or hospitalization. </i> Here's an <a href="http://mywideblueseas.blogspot.com/2008/04/we-interrupt-your-regularly-scheduled.html" rel="nofollow">adult's description of her recent bout with pertussis</a> <em>Liz Ditz's last blog post..<a href='http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2008/04/pkids-campaign.html' rel="nofollow">PKids' Campaign: Silence the Sound of Pertussis</a></em> Here are my two posts on the Silence the Sound of Pertussis campaign:

Why Vaccinate? and PKids’ Campaign: Silence the Sound of Pertussis. I’m keeping a list of bloggers contributing to the campaign there; I’ve added your blog to the list.

Two things to know:

The immunity given by vaccination in infancy wanes after about 10 years. The CDC recommends that teens receive a booster, in the form of Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap).

Did you know that a person with pertussis is contagious long before the cough develops?

From Pertussis.com.

Young infants are at highest risk for pertussis-related complications, including seizures, encephalopathy (swelling of the brain), otitis media (severe ear infection), anorexia (severe restriction of food intake) and dehydration.

Pneumonia is the most common complication and cause of infant pertussis-related deaths.

Whooping cough can be life-threatening for infants who are not fully vaccinated. In fact, over the last decade, 80 percent of whooping cough deaths occurred in infants under 6 months of age.

In adolescents and adults, whooping cough can cause severe coughing that can make it hard to breathe, eat, or sleep, and can result in cracked ribs, pneumonia, or hospitalization.

Here’s an adult’s description of her recent bout with pertussis

Liz Ditz’s last blog post..PKids’ Campaign: Silence the Sound of Pertussis

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