When chronic and severe, additional symptoms may include voice hoarseness and cough. Esophageal spasms can be episodic, though some have persistent, chronic episodes. The symptoms come and go ...

Three Shakopee Junior High School students have recently been diagnosed with pertussis, better known as whooping cough, according to a letter posted on the school’s website Tuesday. Whooping ...

A child should stay home when cough and cold symptoms are severe (if your child is having a hard time breathing due to coughing spasms or has significant nasal congestion). However, a cough can last ...

It is characterized by severe coughing spasms, where individuals may cough so intensely that they appear to be gasping for breath. The wheezing sound that follows is due to swollen airways.

In young infants the typical 'whoop' may never develop and coughing spasms may be followed by periods of apnoea (episodes of cessation of breathing). Young children (particularly infants ...

With recently increased cases of pertussis (whooping cough) across the state, including a current outbreak in Sheridan County ...

Wyoming is seeing more cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. That’s according to a release from the Wyoming ...