Symptoms of mycoplasma infection in children

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After infant mycoplasma infection, the most common disease is mycoplasma pneumonia. After the onset of this disease, the infant will cough continuously, and the lung inflammation is more serious, and will show relatively strong respiratory symptoms. After the baby gets mycoplasma pneumonia due to mycoplasma infection, it will occur in the body, and the baby will be fed with milk, and will cough at the same time, and the child is very afraid of cold, sometimes the child will have pain under the chest, and will be accompanied by throat pain. After the onset of infant mycoplasma pneumonia, body temperature will rise, and even a high fever to 41 ℃. Now let's talk about the symptoms of mycoplasma infection in children.

Symptoms of mycoplasma infection in children

Infant mycoplasma pneumonia is generally cough at the beginning, and the cough symptoms are more serious, mostly dry cough. After the development of the disease can also cough sputum. The child may also feel nauseous and want to vomit. Urticaria or papules may appear on the child's skin. This rash appears for a short time and can subside by itself.

Generally speaking, infants with pneumonia caused by mycoplasma infection will not have the performance of dyspnea, but the infant patients can make wheezing sound, and there is a slight murmur when percussing the child's chest, the children's breathing sound will be weakened, and even lead to obstructive emphysema in serious cases.

Sometimes infants with mycoplasma pneumonia can also be accompanied by exudative pleurisy, at this time the situation of children is very critical, can lead to dyspnea, and children will have a high fever, need to do emergency treatment. Generally speaking, it takes about eight days for the fever to subside in infants with pneumonia caused by mycoplasma infection, and it takes about two weeks for the symptoms to disappear completely.

matters needing attention

Now there is a vaccine against mycoplasma infection, so we might as well let the child be vaccinated after birth, so as to prevent mycoplasma infection. In addition, children with pneumonia caused by mycoplasma infection can be treated with erythromycin, because mycoplasma is highly sensitive to erythromycin.