“Amanda’s newborn daughter has been fighting for his life – the care did not listen”
“Leona fell ill with whooping cough, just two weeks old.”
“She would not have had to fight for their first weeks of life if the care is taken to her mother’s cough seriously. “
“I thought that she would die,” says Amanda Sevefjord. “
“as late as last fall alerted the Folkhälsomyndigheten that the number of cases of pertussis among infants is increasing. In August was found 90 cases of the disease, of which twelve babies. The disease produces an intense and long lasting coughing and can be dangerous for the youngest infants. “
“The last few years, there have been reported cases of infants who died of whooping cough, because it was discovered too late.”
“Amanda Sevefjord, 26, has recently come home from the hospital with her ten weeks old daughter, Leona, who has spent more than half his life in the hospital in Sundsvall and struggled to survive.”
“were Ignored by the health care”
“In september, when Amanda was pregnant, she sought her care several times via both the 1177 and the Seasons care center for their long lasting cough. “
” I woke up in the nights and coughed until I lost my breath. The doctors did not think it was any idea to take the tests on me, because I was pregnant, I would not be able to be treated with medicine. I was worried about how I would be able to bear with the cough, ” says Amanda.”
“She felt that her symptoms and concerns are not taken seriously. Neither of the midwives. “
“After giving birth in mid-October sought Amanda once again care on the vårdscentralen in Timrå, sweden, for his severe cough.”
“– I broke down, I had so much pain in the stomach, I coughed so much. They listened to the heart and breathing, but still took no samples. They said it was probably a stämbandsinfektion as the sat, but since I am breastfeeding I could not get antibiotics. When I got home I was completely devastated, I was so scared to infect Leona. “
“”Laughed at me on the phone””
“When Leona was two weeks old she also began to cough. “
“– She coughed until she was blue in the face and breathless. But her symptoms did not seriously care because she had no fever. She stopped eating, the only thing she got in itself kaskadkräktes her up.”
“When Amanda googled on the symptoms, she found a Youtube clip of a baby who has whooping cough. “
“– I called 1177 again, for the third time, in a panic and the woman I spoke with almost laughed at me on the phone, said it was not likely, and påstådde that I was vaccinated for whooping cough. “
“When the family still went to the emergency room was found, after both topsats, to both Amanda and Leona had whooping cough. Leona was added directly into the children’s clinic. “
“– She got antibiotics and we were told that the first few days after the onset of stroke is crucial when they are this small. For me it was too late to be treated. Had they tested me for whooping cough had Leona been able to get the antibiotics directly she was born, and then had kikhostan hopefully not broken out. “
“Amanda and Leona was admitted to the hospital in 22 days. Leona has been using to breathe with syrmask and she has sondmatats.”
” I remember one occasion when the nurses took up Leona during one of her coughing, hit her in the back to soften the cough, and then came several nurses to help. I thought my daughter would die, ” says Amanda. “
“More newborn babies who are ill.”
“During the fall happened even Timrå-bon Caroline Andersson, 32, for the same treatment as Amanda when she was heavily pregnant. Her cough was ignored despite the fact that she repeatedly contacted both the 1177 and the same medical center in Timra, sweden. “
“Shortly after birth, became ill, and her daughter Junie after his first three weeks of life. Even her 5-year-old daughter Naomi became infected, despite the fact that she is vaccinated. “
“– Junie was just blue in the face, lethargic and tired. She was given oxygen and help to eat. She coughs until she loses the spirit. For a while when it was at its worst, could she not even scream, she just was screaming and no sound came, ” says Caroline. “
“Now is the uploads for the second time in Sundsvall hospital, after that Junie has become worse and could not manage to stay awake. Caroline hope they can get permission to be able to come home to celebrate christmas eve together with her husband Jimmy and Junies four the youngest of six kids. “
” We have been jätteoroliga for Junie, as soon as she coughs, I’m on edge. I have not slept a night since she was born. She can cough several times an hour, around the clock. It is a nightmare that you just want to end. I had been using from the start had maybe Junie does not become infected. “
“Alert after more cases of whooping cough”
“Neither Amanda Sevefjord and Caroline Andersson is vaccinated for whooping cough, because kikhostevaccineringen was suspended between 1979 to 1996, due to what was then the vaccine deterioration of efficacy and suspected serious side effects. “
“– How can health professionals do not have tabs on it? And we who are not vaccinated is, of course, at that age who have children now… It is important for me to reach out to parents, but also midwives, doctors, nurses to be responsive and attentive. I feel let down by the care, but also incredibly happy for the help and in the end we got when we end up in the hospital, ” says Amanda Sevefjord and urge parents to vaccinate their children. “
“In the middle of november alerted smittskyddsenheten that there is whooping cough in Västernorrland and health care professionals should be extra attentive. “
“– of course It is very boring if someone feels that they received bad advice and bad help, you do not need to know. But in general I can not comment on individual cases, and partly for reasons of confidentiality, but also when we do not understand exactly what has happened. All our calls are recorded so there will be some deviations, we can listen through all the calls, ” says Gunilla East, head of unit in the Nation at 1177 vårdguiden on the telephone. “
“Aftonbladet have searched the head of the medical center in Timra, sweden. “
“Whooping cough in children, begins as a common cold. The child may cough, sore throat and sometimes a little fever. After a couple of days, the coughing baby all the more, and after one to two weeks is the cough severe and turns into coughing.”
“the Cough has mucus and during the attacks of coughing the child until it loses the spirit. When the child eventually draws in the air, you hear the wheezing or whistling sound called kikning.”
“For children younger than one year, which does not yet have the full protection of the vaccine, can kikhostan be serious and sometimes life-threatening. Newborn children under three months who have not yet received their first dose of the vaccine are extra vulnerable.”
“You can get whooping cough even if they have been vaccinated or have had pertussis in the past. “
“Contact a clinic or emergency room if any of the following are true:
“Yes. There are vaccines against pertussis for adults. It is so-called combination vaccines, where also a vaccine against diphtheria and tetanus (also known as boostervaccin or dTap).”
“Source: Folkhälsomyndigheten”
