Dr. Jay Gordon's newsletter landed in my inbox this morning. This new
issue specifically addresses the pertussis outbreak in California,
where he practices. Marie, you may want to go to
http://drjaygordon.com/newsletter and sign up for this newsletter to
get another perspective.
Here are a few quotes from the current newsletter:
"Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial respiratory
tract infection. It begins looking like most other upper respiratory
illnesses:
There may be nothing more than a runny nose and sneezing, often with
little or no fever. The first coughs can look like a common cold.
After 1-2 weeks, this may progress to a stage characterized by bursts
of numerous rapid coughs (paroxysms, a "machine gun" cough) followed
by a loud "whooping" inhalation which gives Bordetella Pertussis the
alternative name of "whooping cough." That "whoop," however is not an
invariable part of the illness. A final recovery stage with coughing
may last weeks or months. It's a nasty illness which the Chinese call
the "100 day cough" and their number is not far off. In most cases,
whooping cough is a truly miserable cough that can ruin a family's
summer plans and mean a lot of missed days of work and school. In very
rare cases, it can lead to much more serious conditions. The risk is
highest for infants in the first six weeks of life who can get very
sick and even die from it.
...
This time, unlike the H1N1 "pandemic" scare, the avian flu hype, the
measles epidemic of 132 cases, the Jewish mumps scare and the West
Nile Virus fear posters at every trail head, the pertussis outbreak
information might be real and might be a reason to consider getting
your child vaccinated. "
Sara Dodder Furr, MA, LLLL, IBCLC
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MilkWorks
5930 South 58th St., Suite W
Lincoln, NE 68516
(402) 423-6402
FAX (402) 423-6422
www.milkworks.org
http://www.facebook.com/MilkWorks
"creating a healthier community by helping mothers breastfeed their babies...."
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