Symptoms of mycoplasma infection in children

If a child is infected with mycoplasma, the most common symptom is pneumonia, which is mycoplasma pneumonia in children. Therefore, the so-called mycoplasma infection in children is what people usually call mycoplasma pneumonia in children. Although mycoplasma is contagious to a certain extent, mycoplasma pneumonia in children is not contagious. However, mothers should not ignore the symptoms of mycoplasma infection in children.

The reason why mothers are not allowed to ignore the symptoms of mycoplasma infection in children is that if mycoplasma pneumonia in children is not treated in time, it will cause tissue lesions in other organs of the body and cause more serious physical damage. Understanding the symptoms of the disease can help you detect whether your baby has mycoplasma pneumonia in time, so that you can get timely treatment.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae does not cause symptoms immediately after entering the baby's body, but will cause symptoms after lurking for about 2 to 3 weeks. The baby's main symptoms include general discomfort, loss of appetite, etc.

Later, as the disease progresses, it is accompanied by symptoms such as headache, chills and fatigue.

Fever: Mostly around 39℃. It may be continuous or remittent, or there may be only a low-grade fever or even no fever.

Cough: Mostly severe cough. The initial cough is dry, followed by the secretion of sputum (occasionally containing a small amount of blood), and sometimes the coughing fits are somewhat similar to whooping cough. In the early stage, the baby's cough is dry and with little sputum. Later, it gradually turns into a stubborn and severe cough accompanied by a small amount of mucous sputum, especially at night, which is very severe and a bit like whooping cough. Infants and young children show wheezing and difficulty breathing.

Some children do not have obvious cough, but mainly have high fever, chills and sore throat. Mycoplasma pneumoniae can also cause lesions in other systems and organs, such as measles-like rash, myalgia, migratory joint pain, liver function damage, hemolytic anemia, meningoencephalitis, myocarditis, pericarditis, nephritis, etc.

The above is an introduction to the symptoms of mycoplasma infection in children. The cause of mycoplasma infection in children is very simple, that is, infection with mycoplasma. Although this disease is a common disease in children, mothers should not be too careless. They must take their babies for timely treatment to prevent the disease from causing greater harm to the baby.