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Whooping Cough TreatmentTreatment for Whooping Cough
The goals of whooping cough treatment are to relieve symptoms, prevent complications, and reduce the risk for spreading pertussis. Infants, especially babies younger than 1 year of age, often are hospitalized to treat or help prevent serious complications. Anyone who has been diagnosed with or exposed to pertussis should be treated with antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin, azithromycin) and immunized against the disease by completing the vaccine series or receiving...Read the full article
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