As a rule, you need lots of close exposure to catch whooping cough - casual social contact isn't sufficient. If you look at the pattern of whooping cough spread, it generally spreads within households to people who spend many hours in close contact at a time, and rarely spreads throughout the community. It will sometimes spread through school classrooms.
It sounds to me like your exposure will be pretty limited, you should be okay. Avoid anyone from the household next door with flu-like symptoms. If your children are immunised, you might want to check on whether your children are due for boosters.
I have had two of my kids tested today, but wont get results until possibly tomorrow afternoon or later. Unfortunately the school my DD's goto have had several cases of WC, and my DR has also confirmed that he has had several patients with it too. My DD's are always hugging next door kids, which really has me worried. I am hoping though that my kids have only the flu. Also to what I am starting to feel is just the end of pgcy flu, like you get at the beginning.
My Dr did not test me, as he wants to see if the kids have it or not first, then give meds. He doesnt seem too worried about them but due to all the WC going around he wants to be sure.
So anyway guess I will find out FX tomorrow.
I really hope your right smickers, thanks.
Thankyou everyone else too, I really just needed to vent. Will let you know how the results go. hugs
Hey darl, they should have put you and the kids on Antibiotics anyway as a precaution - they did that with me & DS when I was 16wks because hubby was diagnosed with it after his BT results came back positive.
And if you do have it then bub will have to be treated with antibiotics as soon as he/she is born as well.
Hope that helps a bit - I became a bit of an expert on what they should/shouldn't do when I thought DS and I would get it, one very paranoid lady here
Well tbh Jenna I thought that is what he would have done but nope. Still havent got the results back yet have to wait now until tomorrow. Ohhh next door saw us out the front yard today and decided to come over and chat. OMG I was trying to avoid them due to the WC drama. I tried to keep my distance though, so hopefully I stood far enough away, lol.
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