Manifestations specific to mycoplasma infection

Mycoplasma pneumoniae does not cause symptoms immediately after entering the baby's body, and it will cause symptoms only after about 2~3 weeks of incubation. The main manifestations of the baby are fever, headache, chills, cough, fatigue, general malaise, loss of appetite, etc.

At the beginning, the baby coughs with little phlegm, which is dry, and then gradually turns into a stubborn and violent cough, accompanied by a small amount of mucinous sputum, especially at night, which is very bad, a bit like whooping cough. Infants and young children show wheezing and dyspnea. About 3%~10% of them can develop into mycoplasma pneumonia.

Some children have no obvious cough and are characterized by high fever, chills, and sore throat.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae can also cause lesions of other systems and organs, such as morbilliform rash, myalgia, migratory joint pain, liver damage, hemolytic anemia, meningoencephalitis, myocarditis, pericarditis, nephritis, etc.

The combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine has a good effect

The correct choice of antimicrobials is the key to the success or failure of the treatment of mycoplasma pneumonia. Because mycoplasma hides in cells, and penicillins and cephalosporins have very low intracellular concentrations, and these two antibiotics kill bacteria by destroying the cell wall of bacteria, while mycoplasma does not have a cell wall, the above two antibiotics are "powerless". Clinical application has confirmed that erythromycin has a high concentration in cells and can kill mycoplasma, but erythromycin has greater side effects, and has been replaced by azithromycin in recent years, which has a long effect time and only needs to be taken once a day, with relatively few side effects. Generally, you need to take the drug for 2~3 weeks, otherwise it is easy to relapse.

It is more effective to use TCM at the same time as taking antibiotics, because TCM treatment for mycoplasma infection is not only for mycoplasma, but also mobilizes the body's immune function, promotes expectoration, and enhances respiratory function. It is commonly used to combine drugs such as ephedra, almonds, raw gypsum, skullcap, shoot dry, cicada clothes, zombie silkworms, front hu, and sand ginseng.