Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Exposure

I really hope you don't develop it - I had it when I was pregnant with my twins. Words cannot accurately portray how miserable I was. Sending "non-exposed" thoughts your way!

Thank you!

I would think really good handwashing techniques would help prevent you from getting it. And maybe a lot of vit C.

I had it once, while pg also. NOT fun!

I'm not so worried about getting it - I'm worried about not being able to work even if there's a chance I'm contagious.

I don't know if you are willing to take antibiotics, but isn't it the case that if you take a round you won't be contagious?

From what I'm reading, the antibiotics greatly reduce transmission, but don't prevent transmission entirely. I've now talked to my preceptor and we're just going to take it one day at a time.

According to the research and the work of Hilary Butler, high doses of sodium ascorbate do the trick. Antibiotics just prolong the actual illness since it is not actually the pertussis bacteria which are the real problem but the toxins that the bacteria secret which prune the cillia from the lining of the lungs. The toxins are slowly moved into the gut to be eliminated and the antibiotics wreak havoc on the gut and it cannot properly deal with the toxins the body is trying to excrete.

THis info is from the book, Just a Little Prick by Peter and Hilary Butler.

Yes, don't take antibiotics! Sodium ascorbate is what you want.

Dh, dd and I had pertussis a few months ago and mostly it wasn't a big deal. We weren't miserably ill, we just had an annoying cough that lasted forever. I hope you don't get it, but if you do please know that it won't necessarily be that bad. I've had colds that were far more miserable. Although our cases could have been easier because we really dosed up on sodium ascorbate.

Good luck!

Well, I got a reprieve~it's apparently a "really bad sinus infection" - yeah wahtever, but I'm off the hook.