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Chapel Hill elementary school back to normal following whooping cough cases <br />https://www.cbs17.com/...range-county-news/chapel-hill-elementary-school-back-to-normal-following-whooping-cough-cases/1974027311[5/13/2019 10:05:36 AM] <br />vaccines as 80-90% effective. <br />Some adult shots for tetanus and diphtheria also include a pertussis booster, in the Tdap and DTaP vaccines, <br />but there are also vaccines that leave out the pertussis part. Medical professionals recommend these shots <br />every decade. <br />Dr. Gregory Mosteller, an emergency physician who also serves as medical director for UNC Rex Urgent Cares, said <br />whooping cough usually starts out with similar symptoms to a cold or viral illness, despite being a bacterial infection. <br />"It can look like a common cold until it doesn't," Mosteller said. <br />"You may get a runny nose, you may have some low-grade fever and some mild cough, and that's usually in the first <br />couple of weeks so it can be mistook as just a regular cold," he said. <br />"Then after that you go into the coughing fits. You cough so violently that you get all of the air out of your lungs, and <br />then you take a deep breath to get air back in your lungs and it makes that classic whooping sound." <br />Mosteller said that comes after a one or two week incubation period, and doctors hope to treat the illness with <br />antibiotics within the first three weeks. He said most people's symptoms subside and are no longer contagious after <br />about four weeks. <br />Infants are most susceptible to severe symptoms. <br />"It's most dangerous in young kids under 12 months, kids that aren't fully vaccinated. They can have a high mortality <br />and morbidity, and a lot of those kids may need to be admitted to the hospital," Mosteller said. <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools spokesperson Jeff Nash said things are back to normal Glenwood Elementary. <br />Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger visited classes Thursday morning. <br />It's treatable with antibiotics. <br /> <br />More Stories <br />New exit numbers coming to I-87 in Wake County <br />Residents recall gunfire, panic at Raleigh triple-shooting <br />Woman shot in leg at Raleigh gas station <br />Family farmer estimates $1 million in damage after Sam <br />North Carolina News Headlines <br />NC among states bringing price fixing suit against <br />generic drug makers <br />NC elections board expected to name new director <br />Monday <br />NC baby accidentally shot by 3-year-old while dad goes <br />outside to smoke, officials say <br />NC pilot arrested at Kentucky airport for 2015 triple- <br /> <br />…… <br />Continue Reading