What does pertussis mean

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Pertussis usually occurs in infants and young children under five years old. Adults usually don't suffer from this disease. Parents with children should know more about this, so as to prevent the baby from having this disease. Let's talk about what pertussis means.

What does pertussis mean

First, pertussis is a kind of infectious inflammation of respiratory tract caused by Haemophilus pertussis, which is popular in winter and spring. It is characterized by paroxysmal, spasmodic cough and special inspiratory echo after spasmodic cough. Symptoms are paroxysmal continuous cough, cough after deep inspiration, there is a special high pitched roar.

Second: pertussis is generally caused by Bordetella pertussis (referred to as Bordetella pertussis) infection, and is also caused by Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. Bordetella pertussis is a gram-negative bacterium, which can produce some pathogenic substances, including pertussis toxin, tracheotoxin, adenylate cyclase toxin, thermolabile toxin and endotoxin.

Third, pertussis toxin can make the blood cells and peripheral lymphocytes degenerate. Pertussis patients, latent infection and carriers were the source of infection. The infectivity was the strongest from the end of latent period to 2-3 weeks after the disease. Pertussis is transmitted by respiratory droplets.

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And this type of disease usually has an incubation period, generally 7 to 14 days, so parents should go to the hospital in time when they first notice that some of the baby's physiological characteristics are abnormal. Don't take it seriously and delay the best time for treatment.