What are the symptoms of chlamydia infection in children

Children will always have many common diseases in the process of growing up. As long as this disease is treated in time, it will not affect the normal development of the child's body. Many children will have chlamydia infection in their lives, but many parents do not understand its symptoms well enough, often misdiagnosing and incorrect treatment methods. So what are the symptoms of chlamydia infection in children?

First, what are the symptoms of chlamydia infection in children ? Mycoplasma pneumoniae does not cause symptoms immediately after entering the child's body, but only causes symptoms after lurking for about 2-3 weeks. The main symptoms of children include fever, headache, chills, cough, fatigue, general malaise, and loss of appetite.

Second, cough: In the early stage , children cough with little sputum and it is a dry cough. Later, it gradually turns into a stubborn and severe cough accompanied by a small amount of mucous sputum, especially at night, which is a bit like whooping cough. Infants and young children present with wheezing and difficulty breathing. About 3%-10% of them can develop into mycoplasma pneumonia. Some children do not have obvious cough, but mainly have high fever, chills and sore throat symptoms. Lesions of other organs: Mycoplasma pneumoniae can also cause lesions of other systems and organs, such as measles-like rash, myalgia, migratory joint pain, liver function damage, hemolytic anemia, meningoencephalitis, myocarditis, pericarditis, nephritis, etc.

Third, cough caused by mycoplasma infection VS cough after asthma. Mycoplasma infection: Mycoplasma infection in children has very obvious characteristics. It is more common in older children, especially those over 3 years old, and less common in children under 1 year old; moderate fever, with body temperature mostly between 38-39℃; irritating cough, which is more severe and lasts for a long time, and the short-term treatment effect is poor; wheezing almost never occurs.

What are the symptoms of chlamydia infection in children? Bronchial asthma: Children with bronchial asthma sometimes cough violently, but they also wheeze. Some parents do not realize that their children are wheezing. On the one hand, they do not know what wheezing is. They only find that their children seem to have a hissing sound in their throats or that their children always have phlegm that they cannot spit out. Some children are indeed atypical, and the doctor can only hear the wheezing at the end of exhalation through a stethoscope. This disease is more common in older children, but the incidence in infants and young children has increased year by year in recent years. The disease has an acute onset, severe condition, and a long course, with the main symptoms being difficulty breathing, wheezing, and wheezing. If your child has these symptoms, he or she should receive prompt treatment.