Report cases to the Health Department. For 9 days after onset of swelling. Report cases to the Health Department. A cough which becomes spasmodic. May cause vomiting.
Many children never whoop.
If untreated, until 21 days after the development of the characteristic cough, or 5 days after start of antibiotic therapy. When whooping cough is prevalent, a cough that persists more than two weeks is probably whooping cough. Fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Severe muscle pain, stiffness of the back and neck, with or without flaccid paralysis. Paralysis usually asymmetric, with the legs more affected than the arms.