Is it contagious to play with a child with mycoplasma?

Is it contagious to play with a child with mycoplasma?

Chief Physician Qi Zheng

Department of Pediatrics, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Healthy people and children infected with mycoplasma can be infected. Because mycoplasma can be transmitted through droplets and direct contact, coughing, sneezing, and other behaviors can cause the pathogen to spread into the air while playing with it, putting others at risk of infection. In addition, children may be infected if they have used items that have been used by others in direct contact.

Mycoplasma is a microorganism other than viruses and bacteria, among which Mycoplasma pneumoniae is more likely to be infected by children, causing mycoplasma pneumonia. Mycoplasma pneumonia is caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infecting the respiratory tract through droplets, contact, etc., causing inflammation of the respiratory tract. If you play with a child infected with mycoplasma, coughing or talking can spread mycoplasma through the air, and others may have respiratory infections.

Most of the items used by children infected with Mycoplasma, such as clothing and toys, are contaminated and carry Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and when others come into contact with these items, they may cause cross-infection and cause others to be infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

Therefore, there is a high probability that children with mycoplasma infection will be infected, and this should be avoided, and children with mycoplasma infection should be isolated in time, reduce contact with others when they go out, and clean and disinfect used items on time.Healthy children should reduce going to crowded places and wear masks when they go out; Wash your hands frequently every day to prevent mycoplasma infection. If you are infected with mycoplasma, you will have symptoms such as fever, fatigue, cough, and sore throat, and you need to isolate and recuperate in time and treat with antibiotics, such as macrolides, tetracyclines, etc., to avoid aggravation of the disease.