Symptoms of Adult Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

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Pneumonia is a common clinical disease, whether children or adults, are likely to suffer from pneumonia. The most typical symptom of pneumonia is cough. The patient's long-term cough can not be effectively controlled. At this time, he needs to go to the hospital for examination and treatment. This disease can be cured after active and effective treatment. What is the symptom of Adult Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of Adult Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Mycoplasma pneumonia is characterized by paroxysmal irritative cough. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in human body, after 2 ~ 3 weeks of incubation period, and then clinical manifestations, about 1 / 3 of the cases can also be asymptomatic. It has a slow onset, early onset of sore throat, headache, fever, fatigue, muscle soreness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.

Fever is generally of moderate degree. Obvious respiratory symptoms appear 2-3 days later. The prominent manifestation is paroxysmal irritative cough, especially at night. Cough a small amount of mucus sputum or mucopurulent sputum, sometimes with blood in the sputum, dyspnea and chest pain. Fever can last for 2-3 weeks, and cough can still be left after body temperature is normal.

Although patients with mycoplasma pneumonia have severe symptoms, there are no obvious abnormal signs in chest physical examination. Mycoplasma pneumonia is mainly treated with antibiotics. As cough is the most prominent clinical manifestation of mycoplasma pneumonia, small doses of antitussive and expectorant drugs can be given appropriately. Oxygen should be given in time for patients with severe condition and hypoxia.

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Enhance resistance, do not abuse antibiotics. Excessive use of antibiotics often results in imbalance of bacterial flora. The "flora balance" in medicine means that there are some microorganisms living in the human body, including chlamydia and mycoplasma, reaching a balance between each other, so that the number of each other is controlled, so as not to affect the human body. If the abuse of antibiotics, destroy the original "flora balance", but there will be a sharp increase in the number of certain microorganisms, Mycoplasma urinary tract infection.