thread: Can immunised kids still get whooping cough

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  1. #1
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    Feb 2006
    Newcastle, NSW
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    Yes they can.

    I had whooping cough when I was pregnant with Anelise, and my children had it also and they're all fully immunised.
    The thing that most people don't realise is that the 'whoop' isn't the sound of the cough... it is a normalish sounding cough but the whoop happens at the end when you're trying to get your breath back (if that makes sense), I always expected that it would be a whoopy sounding cough, but it is the sound at the end... it is an awful thing to get and I like to think that my kids didn't get it as severely as I did as their immunisations are up to date whereas I needed a booster.

    Fingers crossed your DD doesn't have it

  2. #2
    Registered User

    May 2009
    1

    Yes!
    My sister was vaccinated and got a really bad case of it, almost killed her as no one believe it was whooping cough and did not treat her for ages.

  3. #3
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    Jan 2007
    where cosmopolitans and margaritas flow all night
    2,794

    Forgot about this. I certainly don't think it's whooping cough. When she starts coughing I just give her the ventolin and she's fine.