Causes of Whooping Cough

Contents

Whooping Cough: Introduction
Primary Cause of Whooping Cough
Causes Discussion
Risk factors
News
Related cause information

Primary Cause of Whooping Cough

The primary cause of Whooping Cough is the result:

of transmission of an infectious agent by another person by one or more of the following: saliva, air, cough, fecal-oral route, surfaces, blood, needles, blood transfusions, sexual contact, mother to fetus, etc.

Whooping Cough Causes: Risk Factors

The following conditions have been cited in various sources as potentially causal risk factors related to Whooping Cough:

Whooping Cough: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Whooping Cough, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Whooping Cough:

Pertussis
Coughing
Infectious diseases
Respiratory tract infection
Bordetella pertussis infection
B pertussis infection
Bordetella parapertussis infection
B parapertussis infection
Pneumonia
Prematurity
Seizures
Syncope
Hypoglycemia
Sudden infant death

Whooping Cough: Causes and Types

Causes of Broader Categories of Whooping Cough: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

What causes Whooping Cough?

Causes: Whooping Cough: Occurs through direct contact with discharges from respiratory mucous membranes of infected persons. (Source: excerpt from Pertussis: DBMD)