NINTH CALIFORNIA BABY DIES FROM WHOOPING COUGH
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CA Dept of Public HealthPosted
Thu 16 Sep 2010 8:05am
California’s epidemic of pertussis (whooping cough) has claimed the life of a San Bernardino county infant, the ninth baby to die from the disease this year, Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health, announced today.
“This baby’s death is a tragedy for a family and a painful reminder for all of us that vaccine
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Natural Cough Remedies for Babies
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Merrilee FullertonPosted
Sat 19 May 2012 10:05pm
If you have a baby and he is grappling with cough, the challenges are much higher than dealing with children or adults. That’s because infants have no way of telling you or complaining about their discomforts. Moreover, they are more sensitive and fragile which require more careful and cautious methods of treatment. Hence, there are natur ...
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Whooping cough again: Baby #10 dies
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Denise and Alan F.Posted
Thu 21 Oct 2010 1:23pm
Whooping cough made the news again today as it took the life of another baby in California. The state has had nearly 6000 confirmed cases (and probably many more unconfirmed). Tragically, 10 infants have now died in the state. All of the babies were under 3 months of age, and 9 of the 10 babies were under eight weeks of age—which means they were
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No More InfantCough and Cold Medicines – Now What?
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MC MilkerPosted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:36pm1 Comment
with an infant when, the average baby gets 5 colds or more, runs high fevers and generally freaks out, even an experienced mother. Like many parents I see-sawed back and forth between... fever reducers with cough suppressants with decongestants with…well everything. Scanning through the infant medicine aisle and trying to pick out the medicine that treats
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Infantcough and cold med recall
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Denise and Alan F.Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 9:30pm
The major manufacturers of infantcough and cold preparations have voluntarily recalled 14 products from the market today, saying that there is too much risk of misuse... identified four children under three years of age whose cause of death was accidental overdose of cough and cold products.
As we all know, these products say "consult a physician
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Cough, cough , cough !!!
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jasmine a.Posted
Fri 28 Nov 2008 12:00am
succumbed to the flu or this chest infection and are coughing a lot like I was then do try to support your back when coughing. If you have back issues a hard cough can really rack your body and hurt your back. I got some bad backache just because of the physical stress on my body when I was cough , cough , cough. Just some support can help and I got my
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CoughCoughCough.
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Feeding problemsPosted
Wed 11 Aug 2010 6:26am
Since Sunday/Monday, Sophie has had an increase in her coughing. I have purposely left it for a few days just to see if anything was developing, and also wondering whether I was noticing something that wasn't there, due to knowing she had pseudo lurking.
However, something is definately going on. Sophie always has a cough that sounds like croupe
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*cough...sneeze...cough...cough*
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StephPosted
Thu 12 Nov 2009 10:04pm
I felt a bit "iffy" this morning but I went off to school. I had a observation today for Microsoft Word, itwent well but it was 60 straight minutes of talking...excessive talking...and not talking in your everyday kinda voice, but instead it was just short of shouting. I kept thinking that my throat hurt but it was because I was talking so much. Co ...
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Coughcoughcough
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Amy G.Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:15pm
The air today is beyond foul. Fires throughout the Bay Area have left a thick layer of smoke hanging over the valley. From my home this morning I not only couldn't see Mt. Diablo, I couldn't see the hills. Which are only blocks from my house. Before I left for the day I went back inside and closed the only open window. Hopefully when I retu ...
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*Cough, Cough, Cough*
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A Girl & Her MuttPosted
Fri 29 Oct 2010 10:13am
I have had a cold since last Friday night. BEFORE Friday night I had not had a cold for almost a year and a half before this (thank you google calendar for that info). I’ve been trying everything to get a little comfort and just beat back da cold. Yea, I’m channeling my inner Jersey Shore. The past few days have been filled with the follow ...
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