How is mycoplasma pneumonia treated in children?
Roxithromycin has greater side effects than azithromycin, which often manifest as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, but a small number of patients with azithromycin can also have the above symptoms. Recurrent fever of mycoplasma pneumonia in children is mainly based on the degree of elevated body temperature of the child. The course of treatment generally takes about 3 weeks, and there will be some recovery period after the fever subsides, which takes about 1~2 weeks.
What does it mean to be positive for Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies
Generally, we need to combine our clinical symptoms, if it is a young patient or a child, we need to see if there is fever, cough and chest imaging examination, if there are symptoms of infection and positive IgG antibodies, then we need to go further for antimycoplasma treatment. If the blood test is positive for Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies, it is considered that you have been infected with chlamydia, and if you still have symptoms of pneumonia, then it is chlamydia pneumonia caused by chlamydia infection.
It is possible to have a high body temperature in one to two weeks, and the patient still has a significant cough after the temperature returns to normal.
Causes of pneumonia in children
There are many causes of pneumonia disease in children, including pneumonia caused by various viral infections, pneumonia caused by various bacterial infections, pneumonia caused by mycoplasma infection, or pneumonia caused by chlamydia infection, and a small number of children, pneumonia caused by protozoan infection and fungal infection. It can cause serious consequences, and during the onset of pneumonia disease, there will be cough and sputum, as well as symptoms of fever or high fever. As a result, the body's immunity will be weakened, and the symptoms of pneumonia will appear, which must be checked and treated in the hospital in time. The common causes of pneumonia in children are lung inflammation caused by pathogen infection, as well as physical and chemical factors, immune damage, allergies and drug factors.