Then, she was shocked to discover that she had accidentally inhaled her own nose piercing When Shelby Willis suddenly developed a severe cough, she initially attributed it to inhaling dog hair. But ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cough score was used to determine severity and featured questions from three validated assessments. Poorer ...

Severe coughing can lead to rare complications such as a haemothorax, as shown in a case study led by Dr Constantin Maier-Stocker from the Regensburg University Hospital in Regensburg, Germany. A ...

Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly four times the number at the same point last year. Given the rise in cases, I wanted to ...

Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways. It gets its common name from the "whoop" sound that some infected children make when ...

A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

Whooping cough (pertussis) infections continue to rise in the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating more than 17,600 cases as of Oct. 5. That’s more than a 340% ...

When Shelby Willis suddenly developed a severe cough, she initially attributed it to inhaling dog hair. But then, she was shocked to find out the actual cause of her ailment. The 25-year-old pharmacy ...

"It was like I was trying to cough my lungs up — it was unlike anything I had experienced before," Shelby Willis said of her cough A woman developed an extreme cough that she said was "unlike anything ...