Child coughs and spits white foamy sputum

Children's colds can easily lead to high fever and cough. Since children's physical constitutions are different from those of adults, there are special children's medicines for them. Parents are often more worried when their children cough because they are afraid that severe coughing may lead to pneumonia, and children's coughing is not good for their healthy growth. If a child coughs and spits out white foamy sputum, how should parents deal with it?

Mycoplasma is the smallest microorganism that survives outside cells. It is a type of prokaryotic microorganism that lacks a cell wall. Its size is generally between 0.3 and 0.5 um and it is highly polymorphic, with various forms such as spherical, rod-shaped, filamentous, and branched. It is different from bacteria and viruses. It has many types and is widely distributed. The harm it causes is considerable, involving many fields such as humans, animals, plants and insects, bringing adverse effects to human health and scientific research.

Among the 16 mycoplasmas isolated from the human body, 5 are pathogenic to humans, namely Mycoplasma pneumoniae, ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma fermentum, which contain ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis, which are pathogenic to humans.

1. Urogenital tract infection

Urogenital tract infection: The incubation period is 1 to 3 weeks. The typical acute symptoms are similar to other non-gonococcal genitourinary tract infections, manifested as urethral stinging, varying degrees of urgency and frequency of urination, stinging during urination, especially when the urine is more concentrated, mild redness and swelling of the urethral opening, thin and small secretions, which are serous or purulent. It is often necessary to squeeze the urethra hard to see the secretions overflow. There is often a small amount of mucous secretion at the urethral opening in the morning, or only a scab membrane seals the opening, or there is a dirty crotch. The subacute stage is often accompanied by prostate infection. Patients often experience perineum distension and pain, back pain, discomfort on the inner sides of both thighs, or a stinging sensation radiating from the perineum to the inner sides of the thighs when doing anal lifting movements.

Female patients often suffer from reproductive system inflammation that spreads from the cervix. Most of them have no obvious subjective symptoms. A few severe patients have a feeling of vaginal prolapse. When the infection spreads to the urethra, frequent urination and urgency are the main symptoms that attract the patient's attention. The infection is confined to the cervix, manifested by increased leucorrhea, turbidity, cervical edema, congestion or surface erosion. The infection spreads to the urethra, manifested by flushing and congestion of the urethral orifice. A small amount of secretions may overflow when the urethra is squeezed, but tenderness rarely occurs.

The onset is slow, with an incubation period of 2 to 3 weeks. At the beginning of the disease, patients experience general discomfort, fatigue, and headache. Fever develops 2 to 3 days later, with the temperature often reaching around 39°C and lasting for 1 to 3 weeks, and may be accompanied by sore throat and muscle aches.

Cough is the most prominent symptom of this disease, which usually begins 2 to 3 days after the onset of the disease. It is a dry cough at first, and then turns into a stubborn and severe cough, often with thick sputum occasionally stained with blood. In a few cases, it may be similar to whooping cough. It can last for 1 to 4 weeks. Pulmonary signs are often subtle or even absent. A few people can hear dry and wet music. However, many of the masses disappeared, so the physical signs were inconsistent with the clinical manifestations such as severe cough and fever, which is one of the characteristics of this disease.