Franciscan Health Nurse Practitioner Kim Jefvert said the symptoms seem to be sticking around longer than usual this year … cases seem to be more severe this year with some patients reporting coughs lasting as long as a month.
John Oxford, an emeritus professor of virology at Queen Mary University of London, has blamed the adenovirus for the outbreak.
Adenovirus often infects the airways and the intestinal tract and common complications include pneumonia and meningitis, according to clinical pharmacology expert Dr Ananya Mandal.
Hacking cough plaguing Britain could be caused by virus that gives sufferers pneumonia, warn experts https://t.co/eyb25HYzrI
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 9, 2017
Coventry: Hacking cough sweeps Britain – and drugs don't help https://t.co/pcmtQ9l0m8 #coventry
— Midlands News (@Midlands_News) January 8, 2017
https://t.co/GzISBwaca7 This year some patients reporting coughs lasting as long as a month in Lafayette, Indiana.
— Cardinal News (@EarlyReport) January 12, 2017
Suffering the hacking cough plaguing Britain that lasts THREE weeks? It could get WORSE…https://t.co/6pAHI9FrYd pic.twitter.com/aF03D77RFx
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) January 11, 2017
NWS FORECAST 7:12 PM
Lafayette IN
Tonight A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Low around 43. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Rain likely before 1pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 35 by 5pm. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. North northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.
Friday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
Friday Night A chance of freezing rain after 1am, mixing with snow after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday A chance of sleet before 2pm, then a chance of rain or freezing rain. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night A slight chance of freezing rain and sleet before 8pm, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of freezing rain and sleet after 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday A slight chance of sleet before 11am, then a slight chance of rain or freezing rain between 11am and noon, then a slight chance of rain after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night A chance of rain or freezing rain before 9pm, then a chance of freezing rain and sleet between 9pm and midnight, then a chance of freezing rain after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
M.L.King Day A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 48.
Monday Night Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 52.
Tuesday Night A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.
Wednesday A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46.
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