Understanding Mycoplasma Infection in Children

This infection has an incubation period and may not cause obvious symptoms. When the disease occurs, bronchitis, pneumonia, etc. may occur. In the early stages of the disease, there will be dizziness, night sweats, body aches, vomiting, etc. There is also obvious paroxysmal cough and a small amount of mucus in the throat. A few children will have subcervical nodules or a small amount of pleural effusion.

You should exercise actively in your daily life, keep the indoor air fresh and the temperature suitable when sleeping, open windows for ventilation more often, and make full use of sunbathing, air bathing and water bathing. Improving physical fitness is the first important factor in disease prevention. Pay attention to hygiene, avoid cross infection, do not go to crowded places, avoid contact with patients, seek medical treatment nearby when you are sick, go to big hospitals less often, and shorten waiting time. In the past, it was believed that respiratory diseases were only transmitted by breathing, but in recent years it has been confirmed that contact transmission is an important mode of transmission. Special attention should be paid to not letting children be exposed to passive smoking, as passive smoking is an important cause of increasing the risk of respiratory diseases in children.

Although the clinical manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumonia have their own characteristics, atypical cases have gradually increased in recent years, and the manifestations are not significantly specific compared with viral and bacterial pneumonia. In recent years, the number of reports on Mycoplasma pneumonia in China has increased, but the degree of attention paid to extrapulmonary damage is still insufficient.

Certain Chinese and Western medicines can improve the body's cellular and humoral immune functions. It is best to take them under the guidance of a doctor. At present, attenuated virus vaccines are used in some places, but they are not yet widely used. Vaccines have been designed for prevention, but there are no systematic reports on antibiotic prevention. At present, modern medicine can only detect antibodies but not antigens. After infection, antibodies may remain in the body for half a year before disappearing. If you are infected with mycoplasma, you can only use macrolide drugs for treatment, such as erythromycin, azithromycin, etc., and you can cooperate with Chinese medicine to clear heat and detoxify drugs for treatment.

Many parents are afraid that their children will catch a cold, so they don't let their children go out when the weather turns cold. This practice will cause children's respiratory tract to not receive outside air for a long time, which will reduce their ability to resist germs due to their inability to adapt. The correct approach is to let children do outdoor exercises every day to improve their physical fitness, wear more clothes, maintain a balanced indoor temperature, open windows regularly, and try to avoid crowded places to avoid infection.