Worried about cough

My fully vaccinated teenage daughter caught Pertussis in April. Her pediatrician tried two rounds of antibiotics and eventually did a chest xray that showed nothing. I was the one that considered Pertussis when looking up ways to help such a horrible cough - she would hardly be able to breathe at times.

We ended up at a Pulmonologist's office. He diagnosed her right away. She had been coughing for more than a month. And I ended up gettting it, too. I had been given antibiotics prophylactically but had already been exposed.

It's something to consider. Apparently the protection from the vaccine wears off fairly quickly and it's still around. Nothing really helps much. She did have a steroid inhaler for a couple of weeks.

Wallan,

Just get it checked out for peace of mind. My story, I had a persistent dry cough in the fall of 2016. It went on for 6 weeks or so and I had no fever but was feeling tired ( which I believe, in retrospect, was because it caused undue worrying). I mentioned it to my oncologist during my routine check up and she ordered a ct. Now, I am thankful she did just in time. That night, after the ct, I woke up coughing a sinkful of bright red blood. In my mind, I was already as good as dead. It was the hardest 8 hours I waited for the call from my oncologist. Results came back all CLEAR. My cough, of course, promptly resolved and we figured that whatever caused it (we think fall allergies) combined with my daily aspirin, caused me to bleed more than usual from the irritation.

It is very probably a benign reason but get it looked at so you do not waste precious minutes worrying over it.