Causes of mycoplasma infection in newborns

Mycoplasma infection in newborns is relatively common in life, which has a great impact on the health of children. It is mainly caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection or Mycoplasma genitalium infection. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is relatively common and often causes pneumonia in children. It is mainly caused by respiratory droplet infection, while Mycoplasma genitalium infection is mainly transmitted through droplet contact. For newborns, it may be caused by birth canal infection during delivery by the mother.

Causes of mycoplasma infection in newborns

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

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.

Mycoplasma infection: Mycoplasma infection in children has very obvious characteristics. It is more common in older children, especially those over 3 years old, and less common in children under 1 year old; moderate fever, with body temperature mostly between 38-39℃; irritating cough, which is more severe and lasts for a long time, and the short-term treatment effect is poor; wheezing almost never occurs.

Bronchial asthma: Children with bronchial asthma sometimes cough violently, but at the same time they also wheeze. Some parents do not realize that their children are wheezing. On the one hand, they do not know what wheezing is. They only notice that their children seem to have a hissing sound in their throats or that their children always have phlegm that they cannot spit out. Some children are indeed atypical, and the doctor can only hear the wheezing at the end of exhalation through a stethoscope.

This disease is more common in older children, but the incidence in infants and young children has increased year by year in recent years. The disease has an acute onset, severe condition, and a long course, with the main symptoms being difficulty breathing, wheezing, and wheezing. If your child has these symptoms, he or she should receive prompt treatment.