1. Purchase a SIM card if your carrier requires one. In order to activate your used phone, you will need to insert a SIM card for your plan. 1  Unless the device has been unlocked, it can generally only be activated on the same carrier it was originally activated on.
Whooping cough causes severe coughing spells, which can sometimes end in a whooping sound when the child breathes in. Before a vaccine was available, pertussis killed about 9,000 people in the United States each year. Now, the pertussis vaccine has reduced the annual number of deaths to less than 20.
1 Hoarseness. 2  If acid reflux gets past the upper esophageal sphincter, it can enter the throat (pharynx) and even the voice box (larynx), causing hoarseness or sore throat. 3  Laryngitis. 4  Chronic dry cough, especially at night. 5  GERD is a common cause of unexplained coughing. GERD is a common cause of unexplained coughing. 2  It is not clear how cough is caused or aggravated by GERD. 3  Asthma. 4  Refluxed acid can worsen asthma by irritating the airways. 5  And asthma and the medications used to treat it can make GERD worse. 6  Feeling as if there is a lump in your throat.