Whooping cough?

[Giantt]

Had a friend collapse and require paramedic attention last night, apparently whooping cough can lead to lack of oxygen,reckons this is the worst he's ever felt, certainly sounded rough on a brief chat this morning, paramedic told him lots of cases in the Liverpool area,100.day cough

[AlexGSi2000]

I've been ill since about the first week in January. Liverpool area also.

[akirk]

had it when I was 40 - horrific, took most of a year to recover, and still can cause issues now more than a decade later...

[Gnits]

Had it in the 2000's first Dr said it can't be that as I was vaccinated, second Dr diagnosed it and informed me of the rather obvious stat that no vaccination is 100% in 100% of the population.
Yep, took about 3 months for it to feck off, in the meantime a couple of coughing fits a day with the amusing bit where you nearly pass out, you do get used to it though. People around you are not so amused, apparently it looks a bit horrific to witness.

[mike9009]

A friend of mine had whooping cough. It got so bad he went to A and E to be treated. He felt faint from the constant cough and reported this to the doctor in a bid to get some treatment after an 8 hour wait.

Doctor put on his medical record he shouldn't drive for 6 months.

Currently contesting the decision with DVLA as there was an obvious assignable cause. Not an undiagnosed cause......be wary.

[Riley Blue]

Definitely not to be taken lightly, especially in children though treatment has hopefully improved since I was a nipper and it came close to finishing me off.