A long-forgotten disease broke out, the fatal disease appeared in every county

In the 29th week of the year, 32 suspected cases of whooping cough were registered in Hungary, which corresponds to a new record for the disease in the recent period.

A National Center for Public Health his report shows that there are now whooping coughs in every county patients, because, in contrast to the previous cases, cases were also reported from the county of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.

There are more and more patients with whooping cough

July 15-21, 2024. between32 suspected cases of pertussis were recorded in the infectious disease register. A whooping cough-suspicion reports a from the capital and 12 counties they arrived. Currently, the counties of Bács-Kiskun, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Csongrád-Csanád, Fejér, Hajdú-Bihar, Heves, Nógrád, Pest, Somogy, Szabolcs-Szatmár, Tolna and Veszprém are affected, but previously it has already arisen in the other counties suspicion of disease.

Whooping cough is a syndrome with several symptoms

Whooping cough, that is a pertussis a set of symptoms caused by various pathogens, characterized by a characteristic cough that appears in attacks and a course lasting for weeks. In addition to coughing, it can also be accompanied by fever, vomiting, and difficulty breathing. The illness life threateningcomplications they are especially dangerous in infancy and childhood, by the way the patient recovers spontaneously.

“In the creation of pertussis a Bordetella subspecies belonging to the group of bacteria called: a Bordetella pertussis, parapertussis, bronchiseptica and holmesii they play a role. The disease occurs worldwideit can develop at any age, it is most severe in babies without protection Bordetella pertussis caused by his illness.”

– writes about it Home pharmacy.

Against the disease mandatory vaccination is in force in Hungary, which babies receive for the first time at the age of 2 months.