How to diagnose pertussis

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Pertussis is a relatively common disease, most patients in the early general will appear cough, fever and other symptoms, these symptoms are easily confused with cold symptoms, so some friends will have pertussis, the following to share with you how to diagnose pertussis related knowledge.

How to diagnose pertussis

First: blood test is mainly to check the white blood cell count in the blood, if the white blood cell count is very high, then it is likely to be suspected, and then further do a cell culture examination, with cell culture examination is mainly to confirm which kind of fungus and bacteria is dry.

Second: serological examination is mainly to check the antibody content in the college to determine whether it is pertussis or not. It can also give patients some examination of air bronchopneumonia. Pertussis will have many complications. One of the most common complications is bronchopneumonia, so this is an auxiliary examination method.

Third: the above are all the examination methods for the diagnosis of pertussis. I hope it will be helpful to you. Pertussis will not only seriously affect the health of patients, but also have a certain impact on the safety of people around. The main reason is that pertussis has certain transmissibility and high infectivity.

matters needing attention

Pertussis after cure or should prevent secondary infection, because many people did not pay attention to the final symptoms of bronchial pneumonia, so we must pay attention to, pertussis itself is not terrible, but the complications of pertussis is more serious.