Mycoplasma infection in the performance of specific

Mycoplasma pneumoniae in vivo into the baby does not immediately cause symptoms during the incubation period of about 2 to 3 weeks before causing symptoms. Baby mainly fever, headache, chills, cough, fatigue, general malaise, loss of appetite and so on.

Early baby cough with little phlegm, dry cough was like, and then gradually turn into a refractory severe coughing, accompanied by a small amount of mucoid sputum, especially in very severe cough at night, a bit like whooping cough. Asthmatic infants and young children to demonstrate and difficulty breathing. About 3% ~ 10% can develop into a mycoplasma pneumonia.

Some children with no obvious cough, but with high fever, chills and sore throat symptoms of main.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae can also cause pathological changes in other systems and organs, such as measles-like rash, muscle pain, migratory joint pain, liver damage, hemolytic anemia, meningitis encephalitis, myocarditis, pericarditis, nephritis.

A good combination of Chinese and Western medicine treatment

Correct choice of antibiotics is the key to success in treatment of mycoplasma pneumonia. Because Mycoplasma hiding in the cell, while the penicillin and cephalosporin drugs in the cell concentration is very low, coupled with two antibiotics is by destroying the cell walls of bacteria to kill bacteria, but not Mycoplasma cell wall, making for more than two kinds of antibiotics, ” powerless. ” Confirmed the clinical application of erythromycin in the cell in high concentrations can kill mycoplasma, but Erythromycin side effects in recent years has been replaced with azithromycin, the latter role in a long time, once-daily dosing, side effects relatively small. General need to take 2 ~ 3 weeks of drug, or easy to relapse.

Taking antibiotics at the same time application of Chinese medicine more effective, because the traditional Chinese medicine treatment of mycoplasma infections is not only against the mycoplasma, but also to mobilize the body’s immune function and promote expectoration, enhance respiratory function. Sunburn used Ephedra, almonds, Gypsum, Huang Qin, Shegan, Chan Yi, silkworm, Peucedanum, Adenophora with other drugs.