Despite the prevailing opinion that pertussis is sick in children, this disease can quite amaze the adult person. Vaccinated from whooping cough, a person can not count 100% on the fact that he will never get sick. On the contrary, vaccination can contribute to late diagnosis of the disease, because because of it only partial immunity is formed, and the symptoms that occur in unvaccinated people are distorted, misleading the doctors.
Symptoms of whooping cough in adults
Sometimes a person with pertussis who has already had it once. This can affect how adult cough is manifested. Usually in this case, a stable immunity is formed, but if in the future to pick up the pertussis bacterium again at the time of a sharp decrease in overall immunity, then you can get sick repeatedly. In any case, the signs of whooping cough in adults may look like this:
- The first two days are characterized by unpleasant sensations in the throat.
- On the third day, a cough begins, the strength of which grows every day.
- After 15 days, the person coughs constantly throughout the day.
- The strength of the cough is so great that it can pour blood to the face, urine, tears, and pressure increase.
- A slight increase in body temperature in the range of 37-38 degrees.
- Cough begins, as a rule, in a confined space, especially often at night.
- After 20 days of illness, mucus appears.
Treatment of whooping cough in adults
It is very important to start fighting against pertussis in time, because otherwise you can infect others, especially your children, who have a more difficult disease than adults. In addition, whooping cough in adults can cause complications. This is another reason to start treatment immediately.
Today, it is often recommended to simultaneously treat this illness using methods of folk and classical medicine. After consulting with your doctor, you will learn how to treat whooping cough in adults. The main principles of treatment are as follows:
- The intake of mixtures and solutions that contribute to the cessation of spasms.
- Taking medications that are combined with folk remedies.
The intake of antibiotics in the treatment of whooping cough in adults is justified by the fact that these drugs have an excellent antimicrobial effect and can quickly overcome the infection. However, their use must be exactly the same as the doctor's instructions.
Of the folk remedies, effective are:
- broth of garlic in milk;
- syrup from onions;
- infusion of althea medicinal;
- a decoction of fig fruits in milk;
- syrup from burnt sugar;
- decoction of the roots of high elecampane, naked licorice, grasses of night blindness and medicinal althea, to which you can add a blackberry.
Coughing attacks are removed with the help of orange juice and water. Regular use of fruit generally helps. In addition, you can take a bath with sea salt .
Prevention of whooping cough in adults
Proceeding from the above, the question of whether the adults are ill with pertussis did not remain unanswered. They are ill and even very much. However, everything in the world is relatively and directly proportional to the way of life, therefore we are authoritative over our organism.
As practice shows, a good prevention against whooping cough is vaccination, which, albeit not always, but gives immunity to the disease. In addition, the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle, including proper nutrition, distribution of exercise and rest, regular exercise also provide an increase in immunity. And in addition, it is necessary to avoid the appearance of once again in places of large concentrations of people, especially in hospitals.