The main symptom of mycoplasma pneumonia in children

There will be a lot of children who will suffer from diseases at a very young age, because they are relatively young, so they are more likely to get sick, when they suffer from mycoplasma pneumonia to the child's body are some harm, this patient should actively pay attention to the symptoms, then, the main symptoms of mycoplasma pneumonia in children? Let's talk to the experts.

It appears in the form of bronchio-bronchitis, pneumonia, earringitis, etc., and pneumonia is the most severe. At the beginning of the disease, fatigue, headache, sore throat, chills, fever, muscle aches, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, etc., the headache is significant. Fever can vary from high to low and can be as high as 39°C. After 2~3 days, obvious respiratory symptoms appeared, such as paroxysmal irritating cough, coughing up a small amount of mucous or mucopurulent sputum, and sometimes blood in the sputum. Fever can last for 2~3 weeks. Cough with substernal pain but no chest pain may remain after the fever returns to normal.

Physical examination revealed mild nasal congestion, runny nose, and moderate pharyngeal congestion. The eardrum is often hyperemic, and about 15% have myringitis. Cervical lymph nodes may be enlarged. A few cases have maculopapular rashes, erythema, or cold sores. There are generally no obvious abnormal signs in the chest, dry or wet rales can be heard in about half of the cases, and a small amount of pleural effusion occurs in about 10%~15% of cases.

The disease is usually mild and sometimes severe, but death is rare. Fever for 3 days to 2 weeks, cough can be prolonged to about 6 weeks. 10% recurred, pneumonia was seen in the same lobe or the same lobe, and a small number of patients had a red blood cell condensation titer of more than 1:500. There may be considerable intravascular hemolysis, which is often seen in defervescence or in cold.

Rarely, central nervous system symptoms can be present, such as meningitis, meningoencephalitis, radiculitis, and even mental disorders. Hemorrhagic earditis, gastroenteritis, arthritis, thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic anemia, pericarditis, myocarditis, and hepatitis have also been found.

The above means the problem after the emergence of the disease, but the patient also needs to understand many aspects, and the patients must carry out all-round treatment in many aspects after noticing the problem in this aspect.