EFFECTS AND TREATMENT OF PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH) IN CHILDREN SPECIALIST HOSPITAL CENTER IGBORO, ILORIN, KWARA STATE.

ABSTRACT Whooping cough, also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious bacterial disease [Carbonetti, 2021]. Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough, but these are followed by weeks of severe coughing fits. [Wang, et.al., 2020] The general aim of the study is to examine the effects and treatment of pertussis (whooping cough) in Children Specialist Hospital Center Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State. The data was carried through a general survey and by the administration of structural questionnaire. Data is classified into two primary data gathering instrument, which already interpreted and reads on a subject matter in various document like magazine, annual report in carry out of this study, priority data was used in questionnaire and personal interview and the question were made very simple in order to have un-ambition response. In this research thirty questionnaires where administrated which ten of them are interview questionnaire were also returned in all it was found that twenty-five questionnaires were properly filled and returned. The age range shows that most of them fall in between one year-two years (40%) and most of the respondents are married (55%) while the rest were single by the time of the study. Considering the educational status of the respondents, most of the respondents are limited to primary education (49%). The study revealed significant gap in mother’s knowledge of certain child matters. It also revealed that health education in schools was deficient and also exposed the limited involvement of institution in health care education.