Show Daily Health I Service By DR DL MORRIS FISHBEIN You probably think of ot whooping cough as a disease of ot children but actually it can affect persons of any age Cases have been r reported ported in inin in infants ants 1 day old and in men of 90 Nevertheless 80 per cent of the cases occur in the first five years of ot life lite Although for years there has been great discussion as to the exact cause of ot whooping cough we know now that a germ is responsible Since this disease spreads easily you always should protect younger children and those who have not had the disease I against others who may have it Whooping cough is much more dangerous dan gerotis to a baby particularly particularly-a a nursing nursing nursing nurs nurs- ing baby than to an older child In very tiny babies whooping cough makes fe feeding dIng exceedingly dl difficult Moreover the coughing is associated ed with vomiting loss of food and also with the possibility of inhaling infected material and bringing about pneumonia 0 Proof of the great danger of whoopIng whooping whoop- whoop Ing lag cough for tiny babies is the fact I that 97 per cent of deaths from the disease occur in children under 5 years of age and 78 per percent cent in children children chil chil- dren under 2 years a of age Because the disease is infectious children who have it are kept out of school for at least six weeks In the treatment of whooping cough preparations of vaccines are being studied again as to their value notwithstanding not notwithstanding withstanding the fact that vaccines made at an earlier date were not shown to be of particular merit Nevertheless Nev Nevertheless we are learning so much more about the methods of preparation preparation tion of f materials of this character that experimentation constantly is go go- going ing jug on CC We do not know that any drugs have special merit in controlling whooping cough cough- although a great many drugs are useful in quieting the patient and lessening the force of the coughing ng spasms The coughs and the whoops may be so forceful that small hemorrhages may occur in the thel skin and in the throat An Incident nt is reported in which a vessel in the brain was ruptured as asa asa asa a result of a c coughing spasm I In general physicians like to keep these patients away from other children chil chU children dren as long as the child still coughs add and whoops because there is is- is great possibility of spread of the germs as long as the cough continues I |