How Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is treated in children

The incubation period is two to three weeks, the onset is slow, about one-third of cases are asymptomatic, in the form of bronchitis, pneumonia and periostitis, and pneumonia is the most severe.

At the beginning of the onset, there is fatigue headache, sore throat, chills, fever, muscle aches, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, etc., the headache is significant, the fever is different, it can be as high as 39 degrees Celsius, and obvious respiratory symptoms appear after two to three days, such as paroxysmal irritating cough and a small amount of mucous or mucopurulent sputum, sometimes there is blood in the sputum, the fever can last for two to three weeks, after the fever returns to normal, there can still be cough with substernal pain, but no chest pain.

Physical examination reveals mild nasal congestion, runny nose, moderate pharyngeal bleeding, often periosteal congestion, periosteitis in about 15%, cervical lymphadenopathy may be enlarged, and in a few cases maculopapular rash, erythema, and cold sores.

There are usually no obvious abnormal signs in the chest, and dry or wet rales can be heard in about half.

In about 10% to 15% of cases, a small pleural effusion occurs, the disease is generally mild and sometimes severe, but very few deaths, fever for three to two weeks, cough can be prolonged for about six weeks, intravascular hemolysis, hemolysis often occurs when fever is reduced or occurs when cold, and very rarely with central nervous system symptoms.