1. To get the shot or not..Jaime Frasieur

2. What is Whos at What canPertussis? Risk?we do? 3. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is apotentially deadly bacterial infection thatcan strike at any age, but is particularlydangerous for babies. The sounds of pertussisare like no other, marked by a whoop madewhen gasping for breath after a severecoughing attack.cdc.gov 4. Pertussis can be a serious illness, particularly forbabies and young children. More than 50% ofbabies with reported cases of pertussis must behospitalized. Coughing can be so severe that it ishard for babies to eat, drink or breathe. Babies may bleed behind the eyes and in thebrain from coughing. The most common complication is bacterialpneumonia. About 1 child in 10 with pertussisalso gets pneumonia, and about 1 in every 50will have convulsions. Brain damage occurs in 1 out of every 250children who get pertussis. Pertussis causes about 10-20 deaths each year inthe United States. cdc.gov 5. 6000500040003000OregonWashington200010000 201020112012Oregon Health Department Washington Department of Health Services 6. Infants less than six months old adolescents young adults 7. Whooping cough is thought to be on the risefor two main reasons. The whooping coughvaccine you receive as a child eventually wearsoff. This leaves most teenagers and adultssusceptible to the infection during an outbreak and there continue to be regular outbreaks.In addition, children arent fully immune towhooping cough until theyve received at leastthree shots, leaving those 6 months andyounger at greatest risk of contracting theinfection. Mayo Clinic 8. WHO DO WEKNOW THATIS AT RISK??? 9. The best way to preventwhooping cough is with the pertussis vaccine, which doctorsoften give in combination withvaccines against two otherserious diseases diphtheria and tetanus. Doctors recommend beginning vaccination duringinfancy. 10. Adolescents. Because immunity from the pertussisvaccine tends to wane by age 11, doctors recommenda booster shot at that age to protect againstwhooping cough (pertussis), diphtheria and tetanus. Adults. Some varieties of the every-10-year tetanusand diphtheria vaccine also include protectionagainst whooping cough (pertussis). In addition toprotecting you against whooping cough, this vaccinewill also reduce the risk of your transmittingwhooping cough to infants. Pregnant women. The Centers for Disease Controland Prevention now recommends that pregnantwomen receive the pertussis vaccine after 20 weeksgestation. This may also give some protection to theinfant during the first few months of life. 11. Oregon Health Department Washington Department of Health Services Mayo Clinic CDC