Unfortunately, there isn't really anything that will help you get over it. Antibiotics just don't really do much. It takes A LONG TIME to get over it, and it completely exhausted me!!
Keeping yourself really well hydrated helps. The more dehydrated you get the harder it is on you. My doc put me on some serious steroids (inhaler of Azmacort) and I think it did make me FEEL some better, but I'm not sure if it made the pertussis better or made the Crohn's better, and it's nasty stuff to take. The antibiotics didn't do squat. Cough syrup didn't do squat. Codeine helped quite a bit, because of the pain and spasmodic coughing and sore ribs and lungs. (I swear, after 24 hours of THAT kind of coughing, even your damn ankles are sore!)
Bed rest and fluids help some, but it's kind of like the flu, where nothing really helps you get OVER it (but time), but some things can help ease the strain a little while you're getting over it. I put eucalyptus oil and lavender on a wet washcloth on my chest when I would lie down, and that seemed soothing. Sucking on hoarhound candy is soothing. My mom got me some lozenges called "fisherman's friend." They're so strong they 'bout knock ya down, but it did ease the throat soreness. Cool showers with lavender soap made me relax some with the soreness from the coughing.
How long did you have this before they diagnosed it? Make SURE they reported it to the CDC, my docs didn't know it was mandatory reporting till I let them know.
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