How to treat Mycoplasma pneumoniae?

Pneumonia is a disease that everyone must have heard of now, and many people can't find it when treating this disease, because the incubation time of this disease is still relatively long, and the symptoms are generally similar to those of a cold, and some patients still don't know what are the main symptoms after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection? And how should I treat it to be effective? Let me tell you about it.

The incubation period of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection can reach 2~3 weeks. After the incubation period, most patients present with pharyngitis, rhinitis, tracheitis and bronchiolitis, with fever, headache, chills, cough, general malaise, obvious fatigue, loss of appetite and other symptoms. Cough begins as dry and then becomes intractably severe with no sputum or a small amount of mucus, especially at night. Infants and young children present with wheezing and dyspnea, and in severe cases, mycoplasma pneumonia may occur.

General treatment: respiratory isolation, rest, adequate hydration and nutrition. Symptomatic treatment: Salicylic acid drugs should not be avoided to prevent hemolysis. Antipyretic analgesics with slow and long-lasting effects, such as acetylphenol, calcium carbaspirin, lysamperine, bupleurum, etc., are generally used, supplemented by physical cooling when the fever is high. Dissolves phlegm and relieves cough. Clears nasal secretions and keeps the airway open. It can be inhaled by nebulization if necessary. Antimicrobial therapy: erythromycin is the clinical first choice. New macrolide drugs, such as roxithromycin, have few gastrointestinal side effects, high body fluid concentration, and strong cell penetration, and are taken orally in 2 doses. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pneumonia is often invaded by wind and temperature, depressed and heated, burning into phlegm, phlegm stagnation, and phlegm and heat into the lungs.

Patients with pneumonia, usually have to pay special attention to diet, usually eat less spicy and stimulating food, especially some spicy, with chili peppers, you can eat more, after eating too much, it is easy to cause cough, but also make the condition of pneumonia aggravated, usually drink more boiled water is very good, but also pay attention to strengthen the physique.