Internal Medicine Specialist, Consultant Physician, Diabetologist
M.B.B.S., F.C.P.S. (Medicine)
Internal Medicine Specialist, Consultant Physician, Diabetologist
M.B.B.S., F.C.P.S. (Medicine)
Whooping cough (also known as pertussis or 100-day cough) is a highly contagious bacterial disease. Initially, symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mildcough. This is then followed by weeks of severecoughing fits.