Internal Medicine Specialist, Consultant Physician
M.B.B.S (Peshawar), MPH & TM (USA), GCPH (Australia), FRCP (England)
Internal Medicine Specialist, Consultant Physician
M.B.B.S (Peshawar), MPH & TM (USA), GCPH (Australia), FRCP (England)
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.