Will children have a fever if they have mycoplasma infection?

Mycoplasma infection in children is very harmful and often causes pneumonia and fever. If the child does not receive symptomatic treatment, the fever will be more obvious and the child will have symptoms of constant coughing, which often leads to loss of appetite, headache, fatigue and other symptoms. As long as the symptomatic treatment is given, the symptoms will generally improve significantly.

1. Mycoplasma infection is atypical pneumonia

Mycoplasma pneumonia is different from typical pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. It does not respond to penicillin, so it is called atypical pneumonia. It is caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Mycoplasma pneumonia patients and Mycoplasma pneumoniae carriers are the sources of infection of this disease, which is mainly transmitted through droplets. The incubation period after children are infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae is long, up to 2-3 weeks;

2. Fever, headache, chills, fatigue, and loss of appetite

When the disease occurs, most children show symptoms of pharyngitis, rhinitis, tracheitis and bronchiolitis, with fever, headache, chills, fatigue, loss of appetite, and cough. The cough is dry at first, and then turns into a stubborn and severe cough, without sputum or accompanied by a small amount of sticky sputum, especially at night. Infants and young children may experience wheezing and difficulty breathing. In addition to respiratory system manifestations, Mycoplasma pneumonia may be accompanied by multi-system and multi-organ damage, such as skin maculopapular rash, vomiting and diarrhea, liver function damage, hemolytic anemia, myocarditis, etc.

3. Mycoplasma pneumonia manifestations and chest X-ray examinations are not characteristic

These two items alone cannot make a diagnosis. To make a clear diagnosis, pathogen testing is required. The diagnosis can be confirmed by positive mycoplasma culture of the patient's sputum or throat swab washings. Mycoplasma pneumonia is relatively stubborn and is usually treated with antibiotics, with a course of treatment usually lasting about two weeks.

4. Mycoplasma pneumonia is not an infectious disease

However, due to the long incubation period and the long time that the bacteria are carried in the respiratory tract, the disease can easily spread, especially among dense crowds, such as children and teenagers in school, which may cause small epidemics. Therefore, it is very important to strengthen the prevention of Mycoplasma pneumonia, mainly by strengthening physical fitness, taking children to participate in more outdoor activities, and doing physical exercise, especially strengthening respiratory exercises to improve respiratory function. After sweating, you should change into dry clothes in time to prevent catching a cold. After a cold, the upper respiratory tract loses its barrier function, and the bacteria will go directly into the lungs and cause pneumonia.

If a young child has a long-term cough, it will cause many problems, especially long-term cough can cause severe pneumonia. Mycoplasma infection is very common for children. If mycoplasma infection occurs in the lungs, it can easily cause severe pediatric pneumonia and can also cause other lung diseases.