I was treated for bronchitis and asthma last fall for a while (with prednisone and albuterol and Z-pak antibiotics and several other things) and then we finally figured out what I had: PERTUSSIS. That's right, whooping cough. It's a very difficult thing to diagnose, and many doctors don't even think of it because everyone figures whooping cough disappeared years ago.
Nope. It's on the rise, and is practically epidemic proportions in some parts of the country. Over 100 people were diagnosed with it in Chicago in the last few months. I caught in last summer in Montana from a woman who lived in Idaho, and the incidence of it in a couple counties in Oregon (where I'd visited) was like 45 times the national average.
It's mandatory reporting with the CDC for suspected cases and confirmed cases, but CDC is not doing a very good job of getting the info out to the medical community or the public or the media.
Check out www.pertussis.com -- that's the one site where I learned the most.
And *yes* on the acidophilus if they've got you on antibiotics !!! Good luck with the cough, hope you don't have pertussis, it really is awful. The only good news is that there are two companies that are about to get approval for an ADULT booster shot. (Get out of my way, now, I'm first in line for it.) The shot you had as a kid wears off by the time you're in your 20s and immunizations are not effective for adults, and getting it doesn't give you any immunity either.
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