Whooping cough is a bacterial infection.

Whooping cough is named this because of the constant cough followed by the gasp for air with a whoop sound.

Whooping cough is highly contagious.

Whooping cough symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough.

Whooping cough last for one week.

You get whooping cough by breathing in the droplets in the air from an infected person.

Whooping cough can last for ten weeks long.

A person with Whooping cough may cough so hard that they vomit, break ribs, or become very tired from the effort.

There is no vaccination for Whooping Cough.

Whooping cough is a dry cough with no mucus at all.

Whooping cough can cause your face to turn red or purple.

Infants may not make the whooping sound.

Infants cannot get whooping cough.

Children less than one year old may have little or no cough and instead have periods where they do not breathe.

The time between infection and the onset of symptoms is usually seven to ten days for whooping cough.

The whooping cough disease may occur in those who have been vaccinated, but symptoms are typically milder.

Those treated with antibiotics for whooping cough are no longer infectious after five days.

Whooping cough can be diagnosed by mistake as either the common cold or what other disease

Antibiotics can help prevent the spread of the whooping cough disease.

Antibiotics work best when the infection of whooping cough is diagnosed early on.

Cough suppressants are highly recommended to help fight whooping cough.

Dehydration is a complication caused by the constant coughing of whooping cough.

Whooping cough is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis and only that.

The bacteria that causes whooping cough attaches itself to the upper respiratory system of the body.

The bacteria that causes whooping cough causes swelling and inflammation to the upper respiratory system.

You cannot diagnosis whooping cough by collecting a sample from the back of the nose and throat.

People are infectious from the start of symptoms until about three weeks into the coughing fits caused by whooping cough.