What to do about mycoplasma pneumonia in babies Four major clinical signs teach you to identify mycoplasma pneumonia

Mycoplasma is one of the important pathogenic bacteria that cause pneumonia, and mycoplasma pneumonia also mainly infects infants, adolescents and other populations, which is contagious and has a long treatment cycle, which has a great impact on parents and babies.

However, many parents do not know what the clinical symptoms of mycoplasma pneumonia are, so they will confuse mycoplasma pneumonia with bacterial and viral pneumonia and delay the treatment of their baby.

So, what are the clinical signs of mycoplasma pneumonia in babies?

Symptom 1: Fever and cold intolerance. After the baby suffers from mycoplasma pneumonia, the first symptom is fever, the body surface temperature is usually 37~41 °C, and the baby will be afraid of cold after fever.

Moreover, most babies have a fever temperature of about 39 °C, and the fever lasts for a long time, of course, it is not excluded that some babies do not have a high fever, only a low-grade fever or no fever symptoms.

Symptom 2: Sore throat. Clinical symptoms show that sore throat is also a symptom of mycoplasma pneumonia in babies, and the baby feels uncomfortable with sore throat, which will cause the baby to not like to eat, not like to drink water, and have a poor mental state.

Symptom 3: Severe cough accompanied by phlegm. Babies with mycoplasma pneumonia will have a cough, which is a dry cough at the beginning, and it comes and goes. Generally, most babies with mycoplasma pneumonia have a severe cough, accompanied by white phlegm, which may also be bloodshot, and the baby's cough and phlegm will also cause the baby to vomit.

Symptom 4: Headache, substernal pain. Children with mycoplasma pneumonia often feel headaches, and babies will also express chest pain to adults, which is actually substernal pain, which are typical symptoms of mycoplasma pneumonia in babies.

At the same time, enhancing the baby's resistance is also one of the important measures, parents should take the baby to exercise, more sun, diet, but also eat more vitamin A and vitamin C rich food.

Parents should also teach their babies to wash their hands frequently, pay attention to hygiene, ventilate the room more, and pay attention to the change of weather and increase or decrease clothing.