Recently, quite a few children have had mycoplasma pneumonia

Mycoplasma pneumonia.

Recently, many children have recurrent fever, take antipyretics, anti-inflammatory drugs are not effective, and the outpatient chest shows white lung, which is the latest mycoplasma pneumonia. I have summarized a few points about this disease:

First of all, the age of onset is generally over 5 years old, but it is not uncommon for children under 5 years old to occur. In the early stages of clinical manifestation, there may be no cough and sputum production, and pulmonary signs are less obvious, but white lung develops relatively quickly and early. If your child has a fever for more than 3 days and a body temperature greater than 38.5, go to the hospital as soon as possible.

Most mycoplasma pneumonia is mild, the general course of the disease is 7-10 days, and the prognosis is also very good, and there will be no sequelae.

Macrolides of choice for anti-infective therapy, such as azithromycin, clarithromycin, or erythromycin. Parents and friends should note that cephalosporin and penicillin have no effect on this disease.

When choosing azithromycin treatment, it must be noted that this drug still has its side effects, such as liver damage, nausea, vomiting, gastrointestinal symptoms, and congenital heart diseases.

Mycoplasma pneumonia is very important. When it is found that the treatment of mycoplasma pneumonia in children is not effective with azithromycin, new tetracycline antibacterial drugs, such as minocycline and doxycycline, may be selected as an alternative treatment.If the temperature persists, corticosteroids are added for anti-inflammatory therapy. If the treatment is not effective, bronchoarsis may be chosen.