Whooping Cough
Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. In many people, it’s marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like “whoop.”
As you may know whooping cough cases are on the rise this year and there have been local outbreaks.
It is important to be up to date on your whooping cough vaccine (pertussis vaccine or Tdap vaccine) — we have it available in our office and it is also available in local pharmacies. And it is especially important for adults who will be around infant grandchildren to be vaccinated to protect our young ones — as young children are especially prone to the respiratory effects of the bacteria that causes whooping cough.
It is important to treat a whooping cough infection with antibiotics.
If you have symptoms consistent with whooping cough, call our office or seek medical treatment immediately.
To learn more about whooping cough, hit this link:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/whooping-cough/symptoms-causes/syc-20378973
If you have any questions or concerns, please call the office at (707) 938-1255 and we can set you up for an appointment with Dr. Guy.
MD, Board-Certified Internist, Concierge Medicine Physician
Dr. Guy Delorefice has been practicing in Sonoma County since 1999 as a board-certified internist. He earned a degree in Biology from St. Mary’s College of California, then completed his medical degree at Creighton University. While at Creighton, he launched medical clinics in third-world countries and became fluent in Spanish. His internship and internal medicine residency were completed at Providence St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. After finishing his training, he relocated to Sonoma County to be closer to home and family. Dr. Guy has built a reputation for exceptional patient care and has been voted by peers as a top physician in his specialty in consecutive years.
Outside medicine, he is deeply family-oriented — married to Rebecca, father to Lani and Capri, with a black lab named Hank. He’s passionate about the outdoors and spends time mountain biking, road biking, abalone diving, fishing, hunting, and skiing. He’s often seen biking around Sonoma with his family.