What is whooping cough?

Pertussis or whooping cough is a contagious bacterial disease that causes violent and uncontrollable coughing, making it hard to breathe. The name comes from the 'whooping' sound a patient makes when trying to breathe.

How do members experience whooping cough?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with whooping cough*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for whooping cough*

Who has whooping cough on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 17
30s 27
40s 18
50s 8
60s 7
70+ 8

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 50
Female 36

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What is whooping cough?

Pertussis or whooping cough is a contagious bacterial disease that causes violent and uncontrollable coughing, making it hard to breathe. The name comes from the 'whooping' sound a patient makes when trying to breathe.



Common symptoms reported by people with whooping cough

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for whooping cough

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Compare treatments taken by people with whooping cough

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have whooping cough through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with whooping cough? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has whooping cough on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 68 say whooping cough is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 17
30s 27
40s 18
50s 8
60s 7
70+ 8

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 50
Female 36

These charts show data from whooping cough patients who have completed their condition history
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