What tests should be done if your child has mycoplasma pneumonia

Once the child suffers from Mycoplasma pneumonia, there will be a very violent cough, and some children will have a fever, once the child has pneumonia, do not delay the timely medical treatment, but most parents and friends do not know what tests to do after the child is sick, so let me take you to find out together, after the child is sick, you can get treatment faster:

X-ray: pulmonary lesions are diverse, early to the middle of the pneumonia, the lungs show increased textures and reticular shadows, and then develop into mottled patchy or uniform blurred shadows, deeper near the hilum and more lower lobes.About half are single-lobar or single-segment distribution, sometimes with extensive infiltrates and consolidation. Hilar lymphadenopathy may be seen in children. A small number of cases have a small pleural effusion. Pneumonia usually dissipates within 2~3 weeks, and occasionally prolongs to 4~6 weeks.

Blood test: blood leukocytes are normal or reduced, a few can exceed 10000~15000/mm3, and the classification is mild lymphocytosis. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate increases.

Urine test: normal or with a small amount of proteinuria.

Sputum, nose, and laryngeal examination: culture of sputum, nose, and throat may yield Mycoplasma pneumoniae in about 3 weeks, and growth can be suppressed with antiserum, or negative culture can be confirmed by hemolysis of red blood cells. Two weeks after the onset of illness, antibodies are produced in about half of cases.

After the child has symptoms of pneumonia, he must not delay time at home, but should seek medical attention in time for corresponding examination and treatment, so that the child can stay away from the torture and pain of the disease.