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Dear Dr J. Does whooping cough cause any long term lung damage?

April 26, 2017cause cough damage lung term whooping

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Dear Dr J. Does whooping cough cause any long term lung damage?

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Hardly ever nowadays, in all probability. It is very difficult to know for sure though. It used to be thought it was a cause of bronchiectasis. This might have true in the past but probably not now. To cause lung damage it would probably have to cause pneumonia first.