As United The states are struggling with the growing cases and the Odra epidemic in several states, another disease that prevents vaccines to spread quietly throughout the country.
This year it was at least 7599 cases of pertussisAlso known as a bush, compared to 3473 cases at that time last year, in accordance with the latest entities of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Because the record number of parents is looking for exclusions of vaccines for their children and childhood vaccination indicators, falling, more explosions of measles, pertussis and other diseases is not only likely that they are inevitable.
“When vaccination indicators fall, the first disease you see is measles because it is so contagious, but others will go,” says Ari Brown, a pediatrician in Texas, the epicenter of the current Odra outbreak and spokesman for the American Pediatrics Academy. “This is a troublesome trend.”
It was last year 285 cases of measles For all 2024, this year, things have already increased to over 700 and two children They died of illness. Children also die of pertussis. In Louisiana, two babies have died of this disease in the last six months – the first death of the state due to illness from 2018 – according to data Last statement by a general surgeon. In January, the Dakota Department of Southern Health announced that the child He died of interflance and pertussis. And in February, the Local Health Department in Washington confirmed that the child of the Ferrings Spokane at the age of 5 years aged He died of the curb– first since 2011.
Type of bacterial infection, pouring spread through the breathing drops when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It causes flu symptoms and a rapid, brisk cough. It is known for the characteristic, high sound “whoop” when someone inhales after matching the cough. The disease is particularly perilous for children because it can disturb their breathing.
There were 35,435 cases of chicken in 2024 throughout the country, compared to 7063 in 2023, according to A Temporary supervision report With CDC. Cases hit the low 2116 in 2021 Due to the social distance during the Covid-19 pandemic and were still reflected in 2023. However, the number 2024 was significantly ahead of 18,617 cases observed in 2019 and 15,609 cases in 2018.
The disease can lead to sedate complications, including pneumonia, seizures, brain damage and death. Infants and newborn children are particularly at risk. About a third of infants under six months, which broke the pertussis in 2024, required hospitalization.
“The heart of the disease is that it is caused by these specific bacteria, Bordetella pertussiswhich creates a toxin and toxin can be very harmful to our lungs, “says Amy Edwards, a pediatric professor at Case Western Reserve University of Medicine.
Vaccination is the best way to protect against infection and a sedate illness. Diph, tetanus and pertussis or dtap, the vaccine is administered in five doses in infancy and early childhood. Resistance to vaccination and natural infection ultimately disappears, and the amplifier’s shot is recommended at the age of 11 or 12 years and every 10 years later, including adults. CDC advises pregnant people to receive an amplifier during each pregnancy.