| Show D Daily ly Health Service e eB B By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN When the germ erm of at whooping cough Infects the child it begins to have a persistent troublesome cough sometimes with irritation of ot the lungs This cough is worse at night and occurs in spells spells some some sometimes times Umes so severe that the face tace turns blue and the coughing spell ends in vomiting The organism or germ can be found when the child coughs on a apinto plate pinto containing a suitable culture medium The plate is given to the parent or nurse nurse who will expose expos It five inches In front of the patients patient's mouth for tor 15 seconds during a natural spell of coughing These plates ar are then returned to the laboratory where the germs are permitted to grow in an incubator In 75 per per cent of at cases the germs of ot whooping cough can be bo found on the plates When a child has whooping cough it should be put to bed and isolated from members of ot the family who have not had the disease dlease Moreover Moreover Moreover More More- over the child should b be kept away from other people for five tive weeks from the day the symptoms appear The patient should be placed in a sunny bedroom wen well ventilated d. d with temperature between 65 and 70 de de- grees Fahrenheit In favorable weather th patient should be kept in front of an an open window during the day in bad weather the patient should be kept away from drafts To prevent catching cold the child should 1 be suitably protected protect d with light yet warm bed clothing Sometimes a a. binder such as is 18 worn by babies Is Is wrapped around the to support the muscles during dur dur- ing ng the of coughing In th tha ordinary cases of ot whoop whoop- ing lug cough the tho child s not very sick and may be allowed out of ot bed on the tho third of fourth day after the whooping begins If II however the tho spells of ot coughIng coughing cough cough- ing occur more often than 30 times in 24 h hours hurs urs or if It the tho child has a record of much trouble with the lungs Jungs it is better to keep it in bed until it is fully tully convalescent It has been found that children with whooping cough do well if it they spend a considerable amount of time in the Ithe sunlight and in int the warm air but people should always protect their children by making sure that the child with whooping cough is not allowed to be exposed to drafts Due to persistent vomiting children children chil chil- dren with whooping cough sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times lose Jose a great deal of weight It is therefore necessary to watch the diet closely losely giving small amounts of exceedingly nutritious foods lood at frequent intervals Large amounts of food lood should be avoided since they cause more tation and more vomiting The bes best time for for the small feedings is islO 10 to 15 minutes after a coughing hing spell A diet containing milk eggs butter fish chicken meat eat and vegetable soup zour is better than one with an e excess ex cx- cess of potatoes bread starchy foo foods s or sweet pastries J Dry crumbly foods should be avoided Fresh orange juice drinks are arc helpful in this as in other Infectious Infectious in In- In dise diseases ses Nowadays there are available ble special vaccines for whooping cough which seem to be good in many many cases and a number of physicIans physician have reported successful results with the blood ot of conval scent patIents patients pa pa- pa- pa which is injected into the muscles of the one who is sick There are many excellent drugs which aid in quieting the child and andin andin in tn relieving it from the difficult cough These drugs however are strong enough so that they should be given only under direction of a doctor |
