14 cases of good “” this year, I KSHP appears with a call for parents

IK The report has announced that 14 new cases have been recorded during this year, mainly in younger ages, presenting a slight increase compared to the previous years.

Pertusis, also known as the Good Colla, is a bacterial infectious disease that involves a respiratory leaflet. It is caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertusis found in the mouth, nose, and throat of the infected person.

This infectious disease may appear at any age, but more often it affects children and teenagers. The most endangered are children under the age of 1.

The disease is easily spread from person to person, mainly through points/screws from the cough or sneezing of the infected person.

Symptoms usually appear between 7 and 10 days after infection, but they can appear until 21 days later. At first, symptoms resemble common cooling, including sneezing, nose leaks, low fever, and a mild cough.

The most frequent complications especially among unexplored children are secondary bacterial pneumonia, neurological complications, middle ear infection, dehydration, convulsions, etc.

“Care is particularly important for babies who do not yet have the time to take first dose (0-2 months) that should be protected from contact with other people (from older age) who may be infection carriers whether they have marks or not. The best protection is prevention through the vaccine of babies from 2 months of age when the first dose is given against the Good Call”, said the report.

In Kosovo, the vaccine against Pertusis is done according to the regular vaccination calendar, where the vaccine against Pertusis is granted at age 2, 4 and 6 months, while re-evasing at 18 months old.

Unlike other diseases such as variables, measles, and so forth, Pertusis may appear to the same person more than once in a lifetime because antibodies resulting from infection or vaccine drop over time.

“IKSHPK reexemplifies that each dose of the vaccine is important because it increases immunity and protects children from possible infection and complications, so it urges parents to adhere very carefully to the regular vaccination calendar and vaccinate children according to the times specified at the” calendar, says the report.