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.... has it, th« doctor can alleviate tine symptoms, ward off complications and protect other Children. Ask his advice about whooping cough vaccine, which usually prevents its development entirely or makes it much milder. Most babies should have the vaccine when they are about three or six months old to protect them during the dangerous first and second years because it saves life: * -
In the care of actual whooping cough cases, rest in bed is help— ful in the early catarrhal stages as well as in the exhausting later stages. Rest eaves strength and helps prevent complications. To maintain proper nutrition is essential though this, as already indicated, is made difficult .by frequent vomiting of food. When vomiting occurs shortly after taking food, <the patient should be refed without waiting for a regular mealtime. It is better to offer frequent small servings of .food, than to depend on regular meals that are. not retained. “
Though there are no special drugs or antitoxins for actually curing whooping cough, your phycisian’s advice and the treatment he recommends will make things much safer and easier for the patient. :£i Gorni RuIm *
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