Is mycoplasma pneumonia contagious? How can I prevent mycoplasma pneumonia?

Mycoplasma pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs caused by infection and is accompanied by pharyngitis, bronchitis and other diseases. Mycoplasma pneumonia is mainly transmitted by droplets through the air, is a contagious disease, the common population is mainly children and young people, the high incidence season is in winter and spring, so it needs to be prevented in time. How to prevent mycoplasma pneumonia?

1. Causes of mycoplasma pneumonia

Mycoplasma pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs caused by infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae.Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the smallest group of microorganisms of all mycoplasma, with properties intermediate between viruses and bacteria, and is the most predominant pathogenic mycoplasma.

2. Mycoplasma pneumonia is contagious

Mycoplasma pneumonia is a contagious disease that can occur in any season of the year and can continue to be endemic for 1~2 years. Moreover, the production of immunity after mycoplasma pneumonia is incomplete, and these immunity cannot absolutely resist reinfection, so there is superinfection.

3. How is mycoplasma pneumonia transmitted?

The respiratory secretions (including sputum, nasal discharge, etc.) of patients with mycoplasma pneumonia contain large amounts of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Therefore, droplets caused by coughing and sneezing are the main medium of transmission.

4. Can children with mycoplasma pneumonia be transmitted to adults?

Mycoplasma pneumonia can be transmitted to adults in children, and although adults generally have stronger immunity than children, adults have a chance of being infected if they sneeze and cough frequently when they are sick.

5. How to prevent mycoplasma pneumonia

1. Strengthen physical exercise and improve physical fitness.

2. Wash your hands frequently and pay attention to hand hygiene.

3. Pay attention to indoor ventilation.

4. Infants and young children have weak immunity and should try to avoid going to crowded places.

6. Patient's diet

1. Avoid spicy food: spicy food is warm in nature, and pneumonia is a fever, and the combination of the two heats will aggravate the condition. Therefore, pneumonia patients should not add chili, pepper, mustard, Sichuan pepper and other condiments to their diet. Wine is also a hot and pungent product, which can stimulate the throat and trachea, cause local congestion and edema, and should be prohibited for patients with pneumonia.

2. Avoid greasy food: pneumonia consumes the body's righteous qi, affects the function of the viscera, and easily leads to a decrease in digestive function. Don't eat big fish, big meat, and overly greasy products, so as not to be curbed in the middle of the coke, which is not conducive to transportation, and the nutrition is insufficient.

3. Fruits should be in moderation and varieties should be chosen: most fruits are beneficial to the disease, but it is not advisable to eat sweet and warm fruits, such as peaches, apricots, plums, oranges, etc., so as not to help heat and produce phlegm. If you eat too much cold fruits, it can damage the yang energy of the spleen and stomach, hinder the function of transport, and is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.

7. Dietary Therapy Secret Recipe

1) Take 5 cloves of grapefruit meat, 60 grams of dried cabbage, 15 grams of astragalus and 250 grams of lean pork. Take soup together, 1 dose per day, divided into 2 doses.It can nourish qi and nourish yin, moisten the lungs and dissolve phlegm.

2) Use 50 grams of lily and 200 grams of barley. Add 5 bowls of water, fry into 3 bowls, divide into 3 doses, 1 dose per day.

3) Take 30 grams of walnuts, 30 grams of rock sugar, and 150 grams of pears. Grind altogether and boil with water. 1 tablespoon, 3 times daily.

4) Use 10 grams of almonds (peeled and crushed), 1-2 pears, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. First, cut the pear into pieces and remove the core, boil it with the almonds, add rock sugar to the pear when ripe, and drink it instead of tea.

5) Take 10 grams of Codonopsis, 15 grams of jujube (pitted), and 150 grams of glutinous rice. Add an appropriate amount of water to cook porridge and season it with sugar.

6) Use 10 grams of almonds, peel the tip, water grind and filter the juice, 30 grams of rice. Add water to cook porridge and serve.