Baby mycoplasma pneumonia take several courses of azithromycin

For baby mycoplasma pneumonia, it is usually necessary to take two courses of azithromycin, and oral azithromycin has three days of therapy and five days of therapy, which should be decided according to the specific situation of the baby.

If your baby's condition is not severe and there are no comorbidities, oral azithromycin can be used. At this time, if the baby has symptoms of cough and phlegm, you can treat the symptoms and give the baby drugs to suppress cough and reduce phlegm, such as ambroterol oral liquid, pediatric cough and asthma, and at the same time treat it with nebulized inhalation.

If the baby's condition is more serious, there is obvious coughing, wheezing, dyspnea, and high fever persists, it is recommended that intravenous fluid therapy is the best.The timing and method of administration are the same as those of oral azithromycin. At the same time, you should pay attention to observe the baby's symptoms, if the baby's symptoms are significantly reduced, indicating that the condition is recovering, the baby may have obvious cough and phlegm during the recovery period, at this time parents should not be nervous and anxious, you can take cough and phlegm medicine symptomatically.

However, if after 2 weeks of infusion, the baby has a high fever that persists, accompanied by obvious dyspnea and wheezing, it means that the condition is aggravated, accompanied by comorbidities, such as atelectasis, lung consolidation or pleural effusion. In this case, it is necessary to go to the hospital and have a chest X-ray or chest CT examination under the guidance of a doctor. If comorbidities are present, the course of azithromycin may be prolonged, requiring three courses or a combination of other drugs.