Whooping cough (Pertussis) nɔto jok! Mek wi go to di bottom of dis.

Yu gɛt smɔl pikin na os? Ɔ yu ɔ sɔmbɔdi na yu famili gɛt kɔf we nɔ de go fɔ sɔm dez? Sɔntɛnde wi kin tink se dis kayn kɔf na jɔs kɔmɔn kol, bɔt i kin bi sɔntin we rili siriɔs. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt "whooping cough" ɔ Pertussis, we kin rili denja, mɔ fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn.

Wetin na Pɛtɔsis?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, kɔf na baktri we de afɛkt wi respiratory system , dat na, di nos ɛn trot. I kin bi se i kin kɔntinyu fɔ kɔf bad bad wan. Sɔmtɛm dis kɔf kin dɔn wit "whooping" sawnd we yu de tray fɔ blo. Na dat mek dɛn kɔl am "Whooping cough" na Inglish.

Dis sik kin skata kwik kwik wan frɔm pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Laki, vaysin dɛn de we go wok fayn fɔ mek i nɔ apin. Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na di DTaP vaysin fɔ yɔŋ bebi dɛn ɛn di Tdap vaysin fɔ big pikin ɛn big pipul dɛn.

Bifo dɛn bigin fɔ yuz dis vaysin, dɛn bin de tek kɔf as sik we kin jɔs afɛkt yɔŋ pikin dɛn. Bɔt fɔ tru, ɛnibɔdi we ol ɛni ej kin gɛt am. Bɔt di risk kin bɔku fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 2 mɔnt yet, we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ gɛt di vaysin yet.

If big pipul dɛn gɛt kɔf, bɔku tɛm di sayn dɛn nɔ kin rili bad lɛk di wan dɛn we yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin gɛt. Dɔn bak, big pipul dɛn kin gɛt am as tɛm de go as di imyuniti frɔm di pikin dɛn vaysin de west.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin kɔf ɛn krɔp?

Bɔku pipul dɛn kin kɔnfyus dɛn tu sik ya. Pan ɔl we dɛn ɔl tu na infɛkshɔn we de mek pɔsin ebul fɔ blo, klia difrɛns de bitwin dɛn.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ kɔf?

De sayn dɛm fɔ dis kin kam insay tu stej.

Di fɔs sayn dɛm (jɔs lɛk kol) .

Fɔs, in sayn dɛn kin rili fiba di wan dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt kol.

• Wan smɔl kɔf.
• Fɔ sniz
• Sotu (fluid we de kɔmɔt na di sotu) .
• Lɔw bɔdi tɛmpracha (fiva less dan 102 F) .
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dayarɛa bak.

Afta wan wik ɔ tɛn wik

afta lεk 7-10 dez, dat nכmal kכf de tכn to "kכf spεl." Dat min se, fɔ kɔf we kin las fɔ lɛk wan minit so wan tɛm. Dis kɔf na dray kɔf, we min se i nɔ de mek mɔkus. Dis tɛm ya, yu kin fil smɔl fɔ blo ɛn yu fes kin tɔn rɛd ɔ pepul.

Big pipul kin jɔs gɛt dray kɔf we nɔ de dɔn. Di sik kin bɛtɛ afta lɛk 4 wik, bɔt dis kɔf kin de fɔ sɔm mɔnt. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, i kin las fɔ 10 wik ɔ pas dat.

Aw dis kin apin?

Wan baktri we dɛn kɔl Bordetella pertussis kin mek pɔsin kɔf. We pɔsin we gɛt kɔf sniz, laf, ɔ kɔf nia yu, smɔl smɔl drɔp dɛn we gɛt dis baktri kin kɔmɔt na di briz. If yu blo da briz de, yu kin gɛt di sik.

we dis baktri de go insay wi respiratory tract, i de atak di fayn fayn fayv strכkchכ dεm na di lכng dεm, we de mek i swel εn infεkshכn. Na dat de mek da bad bad, dray kɔf de.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we dis kin gɛt?

Dis na di say we wi ɔl nid fɔ pe atɛnshɔn mɔ.

Risk to smɔl pikin dɛn

Whooping cough na wan tin we rili denja fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich wan ia yet. Di kɔf we dɛn kin kɔf bad bad wan kin mek dɛn nɔ gɛt di ɔksijɛn we dɛn nid. Dis kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn lɛk:

• Bren damej ɔ bren de blɔd
• Nyumonia
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik
• Apnea (we yu nɔ de blo fɔ smɔl tɛm) .

If yu ivin tink se yu smɔl pikin gɛt kɔf, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If pikin we nɔ rich wan ia yet gɛt dis sik, pɔsin fɔ de nia am ɔltɛm, bikɔs di kɔf kin mek i swɛla. If tin tranga, i kin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul.

Fɔ yɔŋ pipul dɛn ɛn big pipul dɛn

Kɔmplikɛshɔn kin apin to yɔŋ pipul ɛn ol pipul dɛm. Apat frɔm nyumonia, we pɔsin kɔf bad bad wan, i kin mek i gɛt:

• Ɛnia we de na di bɛlɛ
• Blɔd vesel dɛn we kin brok
• Rib fraktrɛshɔn
• Nɔ ebul slip

Aw fɔ no di sik?

Di fɔs sayn dɛm kin tan lɛk di wan dɛm wae kin kam wit kol ɔr flu, so i kin tranga fɔ no di sik fɔs. Yu dɔktɔ kin tink se na kɔf jɔs frɔm di sawnd we yu kɔf de mek. Bɔt fɔ tru, dɛn go du dɛn tɛst ya:

• Nos ɔ trot kɔlchɔ: Dɛn kin tek smɔl swab frɔm di nos ɛn trot fɔ chɛk if di baktri de.
• Blɔd tɛst: If di nɔmba fɔ di wayt blɔd sɛl dɛn we de na di blɔd bɔku, dat min se di bɔdi de fɛt wan infɛkshɔn.
• Chɛst X-ray: Dis kin ɛp fɔ si if swel ɔ wata de na di lɔng, we kin bi sayn fɔ nyumonia.

Tritmɛnt ɛn tin dɛn we yu kin du na os

If dɛn no di sik kwik kwik wan, di antibayɔtik we yu dɔktɔ gi yu kin ridyus di kɔf ɛn ɔda sayn dɛm. Dɛn kin mek bak di sik nɔ pas to ɔda pipul dɛn. Bɔt bikɔs dɛn kin no bɔku pipul dɛn tu let, antibayɔtik nɔ kin wok.

If yu kɔf bad bad wan, dat kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ drink wata ɛn i kin mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi. If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk we yu lip dray ɛn yu nɔ de pis bɛtɛ, kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Tin dɛn we yu kin du na os

• Gɛt bɔku rɛst: Dis kin gi di bɔdi trɛnk fɔ fɛt di sik.
• It smɔl it ɛnitɛm we i pɔsibul: Bifo yu it big it wan tɛm, it sɔm smɔl smɔl it dɛn. Dis go ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ vɔmit bikɔs yu de kɔf.
• Klin briz: If yu de na say we klin, we nɔ gɛt dɔst ɛn smok, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ kɔf.
• Drink bɔku wata: Drink tin dɛn lɛk wata ɛn frut jus ɔltɛm.

Aw yu go protɛkt yusɛf frɔm kɔf?

Dis na di pat we impɔtant pas ɔl. Prɛvenshɔn na di bɛst mɛrɛsin.

Di men tin na di vaksin .

• Fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn: Frɔm 2 mɔnt, dɛn fɔ gi di dos fɔ di DTaP vaysin akɔdin to di schedule we dɛn dɔn prɛskrib.
• Fɔ yɔŋ pikin ɛn big pipul dɛn: Bikɔs di imyuniti frɔm di pikin dɛn vaysin kin stɔp as tɛm de go, dɛn fɔ gi wan bɔsta shot we dɛn kɔl Tdap at le ɛvri 10 ia.
• Fɔ mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ: Dis rili impɔtant. i fayn fɔ mek yu gɛt di Tdap vaysin ɛvri tɛm we yu gɛt bɛlɛ, mɔ insay di tɔd tri mɔnt. di imyuniti we yu gεt frכm di mama de pas to yu pikin, so yu pikin go protεkt frכm kכf we dεn bכn am.

If pɔsin na di os gɛt kɔf, advays am fɔ kɔba in mɔt ɛn nos wit in ɛlb we i de kɔf ɔ sniz, was in an ɔltɛm, ɛn wɛr mask we i de nia ɔda pipul dɛn.