Whooping cough...anyone else??

[Mum2twoboys58]

Hi everyone. I am convinced i have whooping cough..the gasping for breath, streaming eyes, cant breath or speak when i cough..but otherwize feel ok?
Went to doctors yesterday to almost be laughed out of the room at my suggestion. Chest sounded clear and all else looked ok..so apparently i cant have this? I cant stress enough how scary these coughs are..
Anyone with any experience of whooping cough..how do i know if i have it when no one taking me seriously?😕

You will hear the whoop at the end of the cough.

In my experience (DD had it at 2) the whoop was unmissable. She did also have streaming eyes and was gasping for breath but it was the whoop that diagnosed it.

In those days (70's) it was taken less seiously than now, she wasn't sent to hospital, but we had to steam her bedroom (boiling electric kettle) day and night.

In the end there was so much steam that the wallpaper peeled off the walls, but at least she could breath.

I definitely have the whoop at the end like when you can finally gasp for breath.
My doctor hasnt heard me cough as sods law i havent coughed when i went for my appointment. ..and he said id have a rash?

Just saw this thread Mum2 but I've commented on your other one.

Woopsie - the whoop isn't always there, particularly in adults.

Record yourself when you have the cough then show it to your GP. Get them to come out to you and try and stay isolated if you can because if you've got it you'll be spreading it to other vulnerable people, especially babies.