百日咳
接种疫苗
关于百日咳
何谓百日咳？.
百日咳，又称疫咳，是具有高度传染性的呼吸道感染疾病。虽然它最初就像个普通的感冒，但是百日咳将渐渐变严重，特别针对婴幼儿。许多患有百日咳的孩子将持续咳嗽四至八周的时间。
百日咳如何传播？
百日咳通过咳嗽和打喷嚏传播。
我为什么应该接种百日咳疫苗？
百日咳可能会引起包括细菌性肺炎和肋骨骨折在内的并发症。预防它的最好方式就是接受百日咳疫苗接种。
Points to Note:
Laboratory diagnostic tests are not perfect and are not 100% accurate
- We do not have a test for every disease or virus but most of those pathogens that are of public health importance or have long term implications on your health can be tested
- No one single test can be used with absolute certainty to diagnose a disease. Often, we depend on a combination of tests to make a diagnosis
- Sometimes, we have to resort to trial treatment or empiric treatment if investigative tests are inconclusive. If the patient makes a therapeutic response and feels better, we have achieved our goal
- In PUO, we are looking for treatable causes and to rule out sinister causes eg. malignancies so that we do not miss opportunities for early treatment or intervention