What is mycoplasma pneumonia

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The emergence of pneumonia is generally directly related to long-term cough, so once there is a serious cough, it must be treated, otherwise there will be mycoplasma pneumonia. Now many people do not know what this disease is. Let's talk about what mycoplasma pneumonia is.

What is mycoplasma pneumonia

First: also known as primary atypical pneumonia, condensing positive pneumonia, is caused by Mycoplasma (MP) infection, showing interstitial pneumonia and bronchiolitis like changes, clinical manifestations of intractable severe cough of lung inflammation. MP is one of the important pathogens of pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections in children.

Second: the main pathogen of this disease is Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which is the smallest of the known pathogens that can live independently between bacteria and virus, and can pass through the bacterial filter. The diameter of the pathogen is 125-150 mm, which is similar to the size of Myxovirus. It has no cell wall, so it is spherical, rod-shaped, filamentous and other forms, and gram negative. It can withstand freezing. It can only survive for a few hours at 37 ℃.

Third, the severity of symptoms varies. Most of the patients had no acute onset, such as fever, anorexia, cough, chills, headache, sore throat, infrasternal pain, etc. The body temperature ranges from 37 ℃ to 41 ℃, and most of them are about 39 ℃. They may be persistent or flaccid, or only have low fever, or even no fever.

matters needing attention

Mycoplasma pneumonia has a persistent cough, and it is also more common for children. Pneumonia is a very bad situation when young. It needs timely medical treatment. At ordinary times, we should pay attention to providing more digestible and nutritious food and enough liquid.