They may swab your nose to collect mucous to check for pertussis or some other cause of infection such as flu, RSV or COVID.. They may get a blood count. The white blood cell count goes way up.

If you have a severe cough that doesn't seem to go away, you may have whopping cough. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects your lungs and airways.

This test can be performed using a swab or syringe with saline. This sample is then tested for bacteria that cause a whopping cough. The treatment for whooping cough is usually antibiotics.

Whooping cough is a cough that develops as a result of an infection from a bacteria. It can last a few weeks to even up to 4 to 6 months. Whooping cough is a very contagious bacteria, hence ...

A child in Spokane County died of whooping cough in November, marking the first fatality from the disease in Washington in more than a decade. The Spokane Regional Health District on Wednesday ...