The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Colorado had 333 cases of pertussis, the formal name for whooping cough, as of Aug. 3.
Valerie Castillo holds her then-5-week-old son, Jeremiah Damian, on Aug. 29, 2012, at Rocky Mountain Children’s Hospital at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver. Jeremiah Damian, who was too young to be vaccinated, spent time in the intensive care unit with whooping cough. Cases of whooping cough are on the rise in Colorado and around the nation.
While the number of cases this year wouldn’t have been unusual before the pandemic, the health department is “concerned” that they continue to rise and because schools are having outbreaks, state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said. Infants are at highest risk for complications, with about one in three needing hospital care and one in 100 dying,. People with less-severe cases don’t always have the characteristic “whoop” that comes from gasping for breath, and may spread the bacteria that cause it whileAntibiotics can shorten the time when someone is contagious, but they don’t do much to lessen the coughing.
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