How to treat mycoplasma pneumonia in children? How long will it take? Gain knowledge!

First of all, the probability of children getting mycoplasma pneumonia is still very high, and mycoplasma is an anaerobic microorganism, mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract, mainly coughing, sneezing and other mouth and nose secretions are infectious, mycoplasma mainly exists between the ciliated epithelium, will not invade the lung parenchyma, mainly inhibiting and destroying epithelial cells.

Mycoplasma pneumonia has a slow onset and a long incubation period, lung X-rays show a patchy or staged distribution, the lower lung field is more common, the lesions generally dissipate spontaneously in about 4 weeks, some patients will have elevated neutrophils and white blood cells, and a small amount of pleural effusion. It usually causes pharyngitis, bronchitis and other diseases, mainly in autumn and winter, and the incidence is relatively high.

The main clinical symptoms of mycoplasma pneumonia are paroxysmal cough, sneezing, sore throat, coughing up mucus and sputum, fever, headache, earache, muscle pain, diarrhea, lymphadenopathy and other manifestations.

The treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is mainly the treatment of antibiotics, mainly using macrolide antibiotics (erythromycin granules, roxithromycin granules, azithromycin), this kind of drug is the first choice, you can also add levofofloxacin, the course of treatment is generally 2~3 weeks, antitussive drugs can also be used, mycoplasma pneumonia is self-limited, if not treated, it is difficult to heal itself.