In addition to bouts of coughing, babies and children with whooping cough may also be sick at the end of a coughing episode, choke on thick mucus in the throat and chest, stop breathing for short periods of time (known as apnoea) and turn blue from the lack of oxygen, have difficulty feeding, which can lead to weight loss and dehydration, go red in the face while coughing.
Attribution: BUPA
See also:
- Whooping cough
- Symptoms of whooping cough-babies
- Symptoms of whooping cough-adults
- Diagnosis of whooping cough