{"id":126878,"date":"2024-11-17T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T04:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126878"},"modified":"2024-11-17T11:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T04:50:48","slug":"whooping-cough-cases-surge-across-the-pacific-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126878","title":{"rendered":"Whooping cough cases surge across the Pacific Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise throughout Washington state, Oregon and Idaho this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">The Oregon Health Authority is reporting over 800 cases of pertussis in the state as of Wednesday. The agency expects Oregon will soon surpass its 2012 record of 910 cases. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial infection. It poses the highest risk of severe infection or death for infants under one year old and people who are elderly or immunocompromised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In Oregon, pertussis was reported in 23 counties, and at least one person, an older adult, has died. Lane County has the highest number with 249 cases, followed by Multnomah County with 180, Clackamas County with 109, Washington County with 67 and Deschutes County with 59.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In Washington, the state reported a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/legacy\/Documents\/Pubs\/348-254-PertussisUpdate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1,193 cases<\/a> so far in 2024, compared to 51 cases the same time last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Idaho has reported over 700 cases of pertussis this year, compared to 34 in 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-body__image article-body__media f_primary color_black color_black article-body__image--full\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/YMRTB32DOZAGDJE5CC3RAUATOM.jpg?auth=22ec146268b07ecba4e69ff0f9358c229ac6737be65e8ffa147bdde49cbddaa3&amp;width=150\" alt=\"This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough, based on electron microscope imagery.\" class=\"width_full\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2550 \/ 1700;width:100%\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"background_lgray\">\n<p>This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough, based on electron microscope imagery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\"><em>Meredith Newlove \/ CDC via AP<\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Pertussis has been reported in 31 counties in Washington, with Whitman County showing the highest rate per 100,000 followed by Clark, Douglas and Grant counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Whitman County Public Health director Chris Skidmore said in Pullman, most of the 63 total cases have remained within the student body at Washington State University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cWe have had a handful of cases that are outside of that student population, but they haven\u2019t gone on to lead to further infection,\u201d Skidmore said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">As of early November, 28 people in Washington had been hospitalized, including 12 infants under the age of one, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/newsroom\/washington-state-sees-steep-increase-whooping-cough-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state\u2019s health department.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In Idaho, nine people have been hospitalized for pertussis including four infants, one child aged between the ages of one and four years old, two teenagers and two adults over the age of 50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Pertussis usually takes five to 10 days for symptoms to appear following exposure to the bacteria that causes it. Unlike adults, infants with pertussis may not cough as much or at all, but develop apnea, a life-threatening pause in breathing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__interstital article-body--padding f_primary m-none\"><strong class=\"f_bold color_dgray\">Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/10\/09\/clark-county-whooping-cough-schools\/\">Clark County whooping cough trend continues as school year starts<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In its early stages, which may last one to two weeks, pertussis causes cold-like symptoms including a runny or stuffed-up nose, low-grade fever and occasional coughing. However, Skidmore said, testing for pertussis is available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cI think everybody should, if they are noticing symptoms, be checking in with a primary care provider to get tested,\u201d Skidmore said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In its early stages, pertussis can be treated with antibiotics. Early testing and treatment can prevent more severe symptoms that last for weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cAfter about two weeks, it usually becomes really aggressive, and at that point, it\u2019s no longer treatable with antibiotics,\u201d Skidmore said. \u201cYou\u2019re kind of stuck suffering out of the rest of the illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Later stages of pertussis can include severe coughing fits, a \u201cwhoop\u201d sound caused by the person gasping for air between coughs, and vomiting and exhaustion after coughing fits. This stage typically lasts one to six weeks, but may extend as long as 10 weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">After this, a person with pertussis will eventually start coughing less as they recover over the course of two to three weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Early treatment also helps prevent the spread of pertussis. People diagnosed with pertussis are advised to stay home until they have been treated with antibiotics for five days, or until 21 days have passed since symptoms began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">The most effective prevention for pertussis is vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a five-series DTaP vaccination at the ages of two months, four months, six months, 15 through 18 months, and 4 through 6 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Adolescent children and adults who never received a Tdap booster as an adolescent may receive the Tdap vaccination. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Though no additional Tdap vaccines are required for adults, adults do need boosters every 10 years to maintain protection against tetanus and diphtheria. Health care providers may administer either Td or Tdap for such boosters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Tdap vaccines are specifically recommended for pregnant people and those who are likely to be exposed to an infant under one year old, such as people sharing a household with a baby or child care workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cThe best tool that we have is to vaccinate mom during pregnancy, because mom will make antibodies against pertussis, and then push them across the placenta to baby,\u201d said Dr. Paul Cieslak, medical director for communicable diseases and immunizations at the Oregon Health Authority\u2019s Public Health Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Vaccinating pregnant people has been shown to be 78% to 91% effective at lowering the risk of pertussis in babies younger than two months old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__interstital article-body--padding f_primary m-none\"><strong class=\"f_bold color_dgray\">Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/09\/21\/whooping-cough-cases-spike-in-the-u-s-after-people-missed-vaccinations-during-pandemic\/\">Whooping cough cases spike in the U.S., after people missed vaccinations during pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Cieslak noted one case of an infant who was hospitalized for months in 2012 due to pertussis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cOn a respirator, a million and a half dollars in hospital charges,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the kind of thing we\u2019re trying to prevent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">With the exception of 2024, Oregon pertussis deaths have been limited to infants \u2014 five have occurred since 2003.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Pertussis vaccines typically offer high levels of protection within the first two years after getting the vaccine, and wane over time. In general, DTaP vaccines are 80% to 90% effective, according to Whitman County Public Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Though vaccines are not 100% effective in preventing pertussis, vaccinated people who do get sick usually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.org\/blog\/whooping-cough#:~:text=Vaccines%20are%20effective%2C%20but%20not,are%20less%20common%20and%20severe.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experience milder symptoms<\/a>, according to the American Lung Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In addition to vaccinations, good respiratory virus hygiene can help prevent pertussis. This includes washing hands frequently for at least 20 seconds with soap and water, using hand sanitizer if soap and water are unavailable, and covering coughs and sneezes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">If someone is experiencing respiratory symptoms but needs to leave their home, wearing a mask can help prevent the spread of pertussis and other respiratory illnesses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\"><i>This story comes to you from the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\"><i>This republished story is part of OPB\u2019s broader effort to ensure that everyone in our region has access to quality journalism that informs, entertains and enriches their lives. 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