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posts related to: whooping cough
Your child will catch an average of 8 or more colds
Each year children catch an average of eight or more colds1, and as there are hundreds of different cold viruses around your little one’s are bound to catch one. Coughs and colds often come hand in hand, as coughs can develop from a cold when mucus trickles down the back of the throat causing irritation and…
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Tagged Baby, blocked noses, Breathing, Children, cold, Cough, croup cough, Decongestant, decongestants, dry sounding cough, Sleep, sneezes, Symptoms, vapour rubs, whooping cough
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Whooping cough
Whooping cough Since the introduction of the triple DTP vaccination (protecting children against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis or whooping cough), the incidence of this disease has fallen dramatically. The DTP jab is given at two, three and four months old by your GP, along with one for Hib meningitis. The Department of Health strongly recommends…
Posted in Baby Health, Expert Advice
Tagged a-z-of-child-illnesses, Baby, child, Cough, DTP injection, GP, Pertussis, Temperature, Toddler, Vaccination, whooping cough
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Natural immunity
Very young babies have some natural immunity passed to them by their mother when in the womb, but this only lasts a short time. Your child has natural immunity for 2 or 3 months for: Diphtheria Tetanus Whooping cough Polio The hib form of meningitis Your child has natural immunity for…
Posted in Baby Health, Immunisations
Tagged Diphtheria, Immunity, Immunology, Measles, Mumps, natural immunity, polio, tetanus, Vaccination, Vaccination schedule, whooping cough
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Protection levels for vaccines
Normally after a completed vaccination programme almost all children will have lifelong protection against certain diseases, most likely lifelong protection against measles, mumps, rubella and meningitis C, at least 10 years protection against diptheria and tetanus and around three years against whooping cough. However, vaccines cannot always guarantee complete protection. Sometimes this is because the body has not produced enough…
Posted in Baby Care, Immunisations
Tagged antibodies, Immunity, Measles, Meningitis, Meningitis C, Mumps, Pertussis, rubella, tetanus, Vaccination, Vaccination schedule, whooping cough
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BCG – against tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is now very rare in this country. In babies and younger children it often goes unnoticed or appears as a fever of unknown cause. It may cause a cough in older children and adults, which lasts for many weeks, along with a fever, sweating in the night and weight loss. The illness can also…
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Tagged Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, Bacterial diseases, BCG, Cough, Diphtheria, Expanded Program on Immunization, fever, homeopathy, illness, Immunology, Meningitis, Pertussis, TB, tetanus, tuberculosis, tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Vaccination, Vaccination schedule, Vaccines, whooping cough
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Hepatitis B
Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. This can be caused by virus infections and the most serious type is hepatitis B. Hepatitis B can be transmitted from an infected mother to her baby during pregnancy or at birth. The baby will probably not be ill, but often becomes a carrier of the virus and may go on to…
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Tagged Diphtheria, Expanded Program on Immunization, Gastroenterology, Hepatitis, hepatitis B, hepatitis B. Hepatitis B, homeopathy, infection, inflammation, Meningitis, Pertussis, tetanus, Vaccination, Vaccination schedule, viral infection, Viruses, whooping cough
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Immunisation illnesses explained
The current immunisation program offers protection against eleven infectious diseases but because vaccinations have been so effective, many people know very little about these illnesses. Read on to find out more about the diseases you’re protecting your child from. Diphtheria Diphtheria is an extremely infectious disease which, thanks to vaccinations, is very rare in the UK. However, in poorer countries…
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Tagged Bacterial diseases, blood poisoning, common cold, congenital rubella syndrome, Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis, encephalitis, epilepsy, flu, homeopathy, illness, infection, Infectious diseases, Infertility, inflammation, Measles, Meningitis, Meningitis C, Miscarriage, Mumps, oral polio drops, Pertussis, pneumococcal disease, pneumonia, polio, rubella, septicaemia, TB, tetanus, tuberculosis, Vaccination, viral infection, whooping cough
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DTP/Hib : immunisation
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough)and Hib ( a meningitis bacteria) Currently the DTP/Hib immunisation is given by injection in three doses: at 2, 3 and 4 months old. The government has announced plans for the polio vaccine to be given with the DTP/Hib jab making it a 5-in-1 jab to be given as before in threee stages at 2,…
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Tagged Bacterial diseases, Burn, choking, Cough, coughing, Diphtheria, DTP injection, febrile convulsion, homeopathy, illness, immunisation Diphtheria, Immunology, Meningitis, Pertussis, pneumonia, polio, tetanus, Tetanus Tetanus, Vaccination, vomiting, whooping cough
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Polio immunisation
Currently the polio immunisation is given as drops in the mouth, in three doses: at 2, 3 and 4 months old. The government has announced plans to introduce a 5-in-one vaccination, called Pediacel, that will protect against polio, diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough and Hib, a bacterial infection that can lead to meningitis. The government says the 5-in1 jab is…
Whooping cough is still widespread
7th July 2006 Almost 40 per cent of children who visit their GPs with persistent coughs have signs of whooping cough according to research from the University of Oxford. The researchers say the study which is reported in the British Medical Journal shows the disease is still widespread amongst young children and calls for GPs to consider diagnosing whooping…
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Tagged Bordetella pertussis, Cough, coughs, Department of Health, Graham Archard, Health, Health Protection Agency, infection, lecturer, Oxford University, Pertussis, Royal College of General Practitioners, spokesman, the British Medical Journal, University of Oxford, Vaccination, Vaccination schedule, vomiting, whooping cough
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