Tag: Cough
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Cough
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Coughing is a reflex action in which successive inspiration, a brief closing of the glottis, and then immediately after the pressurization of the rib cage, a sudden opening of the glottis, which leads to cough shake. This cough jolt in fact corresponds to a fast flowing expiration. When the cough shakes succeed, they realize the…
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Whooping Cough
* Bordetella pertussis (Bordet and Gengou bacillus) Gram-negative bacilli cultivable aerobic. Contamination is air (infectiousness continues after 3 weeks of the catarrhal phase). The bacteria are multiple on the ciliated respiratory epithelium and secretes several toxins. Pertussis is a poisoning. * The invasion period (or catarrhal) lasts 7 to 15 days. Intractable cough gradually becomes…
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