whooping cough, asthma and mumps question?
17.September, 2009
Medical question for you guys in the know. Ok my husband Chris has asthma, recently he’s had the most dreadful cough, so bad that at times I thought he would stop breathing, I’m not exaggerating. So he went to the doc and he had a coughing fit while she examined him which was lucky. She said it was whooping cough, now he was amazed because we get vaccinated against all that as kids. But she said because some parents are not vaccinating their children whooping cough has come back but the vaccinated ones aren’t protected as the disease mutates over time! Strangely enough, there’s been a spate of mumps in my kids’ school, now I thought that some parents were being irresponsible and not having kids vaccinated, but not the case, it’s the same as whooping cough apparently, those who don’t vaccinate get it, but it mutates and the ones who have been vaccinated aren’t protected as the disease has mutated. We know of 4 children and one teenager in our village who have been really ill. Has anyone else heard of this? Plus chris was told not to take his inhaler when he has a coughing fit as he would be overusing it and it would then be of little use. The fits although getting more infrequent are very frightening as he goes bright pink and struggles to breath and exhale to cough at the same time. Any tips from asthma sufferers? Any thoughts on the mutating mumps and whooping cough, I mean I may have misunderstood but if true is very worrying. Thank you.
The diseases are not mutating! The vaccines just wear off, or never worked in the first place. Think about it–if the virus and bacteria for these diseases mutated, why would they use same whooping cough and mumps vaccines that they’ve been using for decades? They are not changing the vaccines. Whooping cough is caused by a toxin that the body produces in response to the bacteria. So is the doctor claiming that the toxin the body produces has mutated? Ridiculous. Doctors just can’t seem to admit that often, vaccines do not work.
17.September, 2009 um 11:56 pm
Many vaccines don’t absolutely prevent the disease, but rather modulate it so it’s not as severe. They prep your immune system to respond to it faster so it doesn’t have a chance to take hold and cause more severe symptoms.
Yes, many times the irresponsible unvaccinated kids are protected by "herd immunity" – everyone else is vaccinated so it is much harder to catch the disease. Of course once they are exposed (other unvaccinated, foregn country, etc.) they can catch it and may pass it on
Don’t get worried when he’s bright pink – worry when he’s pale or blue. Control the symptoms (cough drops, sprays, or prescriptions from your doctor) and make sure he’s taking his asthma maintenance med or has his rescue inhaler at all times if that is all he is on. See your doctor if you’re truly worried.
Couldn’t say about the mutation thing – haven’t heard about it
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18.September, 2009 um 12:42 am
The diseases are not mutating! The vaccines just wear off, or never worked in the first place. Think about it–if the virus and bacteria for these diseases mutated, why would they use same whooping cough and mumps vaccines that they’ve been using for decades? They are not changing the vaccines. Whooping cough is caused by a toxin that the body produces in response to the bacteria. So is the doctor claiming that the toxin the body produces has mutated? Ridiculous. Doctors just can’t seem to admit that often, vaccines do not work.
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18.September, 2009 um 1:00 am
First of all with mumps, this is true. I am in college and there was an outbreak of mumps recently. . I had been vacinated against it as a child but as you said since it mutates, I unfortunately still got it.
Since asthma and the whooping cough are two different things, his inhaler is not going to work against it. And the over use of it will cause it to have no affect if he were to have an asthma attack, he will grow immune to it.
I also had the whooping cough as a child. Unfortunately it is a lot worse as you get older. The best thing to do is when he is sleeping he needs to sit up as high as possible (whooping is most abundant during the night) in order to open the air ways, lots of water is crucial. I would advise maybe seeing a different doctor for some form of treatment for this. I know it is scary. . but it is harmless more or less. It will eventually go away.
Hope this helps.
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