Whooping cough in adults

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I'm immune suppressed so i suppose that might be why i feel so awful. I have had the vaccine both as a child and when pregnant but my goodness I feel terrible.
I never considered whooping cough as I've been vaccinated. I went to the gp presuming yet another chest infection and she swabbed me. I had already tested for Covid because if it was that I could get the antivirals.
Not chest infection, not covid, but temperature, exhaustion, chest pain when active, coughing until I'm sick. No whoop. I could sleep for days but that might be because I keep waking coughing.
I'm impatiently waiting the results but wondering if anyone else has experienced similar.

Sorry to hear it OP. I had what I am utterly convinced was whooping cough through Feb, March and into April. The coughing spells did dwindle but goodness was it dreadful. Two weeks of horrid cough and illness, then a few days sort of reprieve and then bam! Razor sore throat and awful consuming coughing fits where you can’t catch your breath. This too shall pass

I had a horrendous cough for about 4 months. It was exhausting. I was on a nebuliser in hospital three times. Four courses of steroids. Permanently wheezy. One night I could barely breathe. Went to A&E who told me I should have called an ambulance!

Once I was fit enough, doctor sent me for a a diagnostic blood test to confirm her suspicions of whooping cough - but it came back negative. So there is something very nasty doing the rounds as well as whooping cough.

Btw - my GP told me the whooping cough vaccine wears off by adulthood.

I got whooping cough in November last year. Still recovering. I’ve never been so unwell. Genuinely thought I was dying several times over.

There’s a very short window in which whooping cough will show positive on testing.

Interesting. I'm waiting for an appointment with my GP to translate the results sheets into laypersons English - the only bit I understood was 'no evidence of recent pertussis' or similar.