What are the symptoms of mycoplasma cough?

Mycoplasma is a cellular microorganism. Some mycoplasma bacteria can actually cause symptoms such as coughing after infecting the human body. If mycoplasma cough occurs, it is usually caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. This virus is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets, especially in autumn and winter. The main symptoms of patients are sneezing, coughing, etc.

Among the pathogenic mycoplasmas causing mycoplasma infection in children, Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes pneumonia, while Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma genitalium mainly cause urogenital tract infections.

1. Mycoplasma pneumoniae: It is a pathogenic microorganism whose size is between bacteria and viruses. Mycoplasma infection is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets. It can occur all year round, but is more common in autumn and winter.

Mycoplasma pneumonia is also known as primary atypical pneumonia. Mycoplasma pneumonia can occur throughout the year, but is more common in winter and may cause small epidemics. Mycoplasma encephalitis is a common type of pneumonia among preschool children and young people. Mycoplasma pneumonia is mainly transmitted through droplets. Healthy children can be infected by inhaling oral and nasal secretions sprayed out when patients cough or sneeze. The incubation period is relatively long, up to 2-3 weeks. Although mycoplasma pneumonia has a long course, severe lung lesions, and slow inflammation absorption, the prognosis is good in most cases and there are few complications.

2. Mycoplasma genitalium: Mycoplasma genitalium infection is a newly identified sexually transmitted disease in recent years. Newborns are generally infected through the mother's reproductive tract during delivery, mainly causing conjunctivitis and pneumonia.

Symptoms of Mycoplasma Infection in Children Mycoplasma pneumoniae does not cause symptoms immediately after entering the child's body, but only causes symptoms after a latent period of about 2-3 weeks. The main symptoms of children include fever, headache, chills, cough, fatigue, general malaise, and loss of appetite.

1. Cough: In the early stage, children cough with little sputum and it is a dry cough. Later, it gradually turns into a stubborn and severe cough accompanied by a small amount of mucous sputum, especially at night, which is a bit like whooping cough. Infants and young children present with wheezing and difficulty breathing. About 3%-10% of them can develop into mycoplasma pneumonia. Some children do not have obvious cough, but mainly have high fever, chills and sore throat symptoms.

2. Lesions of other organs: Mycoplasma pneumoniae can also cause lesions of other systems and organs, such as measles-like rash, myalgia, migratory joint pain, liver function damage, hemolytic anemia, meningoencephalitis, myocarditis, pericarditis, nephritis, etc.