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Recently I had 2 brothers where mom (student at Homeopathic school) is convinced that her both boys had pertussis. The whole family has 4 brothers, and they are unvaxxed family. Most of the case was taken via email and texts s with couple phone conversations mostly with mom. All the remedies were done as plussing (water doses). I would ask mom to do up to 5 doses and then report to me the response. The 17-year-old who had cough symptoms, I started with Rumex 200c on September 7, 2024, with improvement but symptoms returned so I switched to Rumex 1M on 9/11/24 with minor improvement. On 9/13, I recommended Spongia 200c, some improvement and then worse, so switched to Ant tart 1M on 9/22, then to Ars album 30c on 9/29. Best response so on 10/3 switched to Ars album 200c, improved but cough lingering. Towards the end is when mom said she thinks it is pertussis. The family refused to go to a licensed physician instead went to the acupuncturist and continued to see her 2x/week. As I was doing follow ups remotely thinking this was cough, I was puzzled as to why it was taking so long. When she said it seemed like pertussis, on 10/6 I asked her to start Pertussin 1M. He responded beautifully at that time. His brother, 14-year-old, I gave Drosera 30c on 9/30/24. Response was good. She did go to Pertussin 1M on 10/6 and that resolved both of their symptoms.

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Thank you Will. Pertussis became very ‘real’ for me early this year when our 10 month granddaughter was affected. A very frightening time. They presented to hospital, where they were on holiday in rural Tasmania, and were told she couldn’t have whooping cough (she appeared quite well between coughing paroxysms) and refused to even test, an attitude that reflects what you say about the doctors not recognising it. Of course her case was then not reported which artificially lowers statistics of case incidence. Her brother and mum also were affected, her dad didn’t get it. It took the whole 3 months to fully recover for the baby girl, despite best efforts of their experienced homeopath.

Are the therapeutics of whooping cough something you have written about previously? Or records of cases you have treated?

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thanks. I did a live presentation some years ago & have the video, which I'm editing & will post later on a bit. ~50% of cases will need well-known "pertussis" remedies (Drosera, Coccus cacti, Corallium rubum) or well-known "smasmodic" remedies (Cuprum, Carb-v, Verat); the rest will be all over the place; note the enormity of the rubric Cough - Whooping. Sadly, the experience you describe is not unusual. & Symptomatic adults are rarely identified with pertussis, a tragedy, 'cause they're who typically are spreading the disease in the community, being out & about with minor symptoms.

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I posted a comment with two cases that I was treating as cough until around September 30th it became dawning on us that it is something else. Mom self diagnosed both the cases as Pertussis. Luckily, no one needed hospitalization. Is it possible that the similar remedies kept them going to school (home schooled) and continuing their athletic activities?

I am interested to watch the video.

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