Missouri NAACP State Conference Â· January 29 at 4:07pm Â· Civil Rights Attorney, Frankie Muse Freeman, is Honored on House Floor by State Rep. Steven Roberts
The first symptoms of whooping cough are similar to those of a common cold: 1  runny nose. 2  sneezing. 3  mild cough.  low-grade fever.
The major symptom of B. pertussis whooping cough disease is uncontrollable coughing. In advanced stages, thick mucous develops in the lungs and clogs air passages, triggering violent episodes of coughing, choking and vomiting up of mucus followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like whoop..