What do parents need to pay attention to if they have persistent cough after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children?

Respiratory diseases have entered the season of high incidence, and a variety of respiratory diseases are intertwined and superimposed, among which children and adolescents are susceptible to mycoplasma pneumonia. The course of mycoplasma infection is about 3 weeks, and the cough generally lasts for about 2 weeks, because the sick children are mainly of school age, parents are worried about affecting the school Xi, some children go to school soon after the fever is reduced, and various irritants that cannot be avoided after school cause the child's cough to last for a long time, and parents begin to worry, and even start to give the child antibiotics as soon as they cough.

What should parents pay attention to if children continue to cough after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection? Listen to Li Ping, director of the Department of Pediatrics of Kunming First People's Hospital, explain in detail.

What kind of cough should be intervened in?

Li Ping said that cough is part of the body's self-protection mechanism, and its role is to remove foreign bodies, pathogens and inflammatory products from the respiratory tract. After any pathogenic microorganism invades the respiratory tract, it stimulates the epithelial cells of the respiratory tract to release inflammatory mediators, causing increased mucus secretion and airway inflammation, thereby stimulating the cough reflex and causing cough to occur. It will get better with the improvement of the disease, the specific improvement time varies depending on the individual's physique, if the cough affects the normal life and learning Xi you can use cough medicine appropriately, but also remind everyone that if the cough is longer or affects life, you should seek medical attention in time to be alert to other diseases.

How to manage the respiratory tract after pneumonia?

1. Expectoration: With the progression of the disease, the child's dry cough will become a phlegm cough, in the early stage of treatment, it is necessary to pay attention to the expectoration treatment, it is recommended to effectively resist the infection at the same time nebulization and other methods of expectoration, and at the same time can assist in patting the back to discharge sputum. The course of treatment depends on the condition and generally takes 5-7 days.

2. Anti-inflammatory: For airway inflammation and the presence of airway hyperreactivity, nebulization treatment is used, which generally takes 14~21 days. If the course of nebulized chemotherapy is not guaranteed or does not cooperate with nebulization, montelukast sodium can be taken for anti-inflammatory. Generally, it is recommended to go to the outpatient clinic for re-examination after 2~3 weeks of nebulization treatment.

3. Anti-allergic: There are many children with allergic problems clinically, mycoplasma infection will induce allergic reactions to increase allergic antibodies (IgE) in the body, and there will be cough, itchy throat, nasal congestion, runny nose and other manifestations, especially for babies with a clear history of allergic rhinitis and asthma, it is necessary to pay attention to the course of anti-allergic treatment for more than 14 days.

4. Environment: The best room temperature is 18°C~20°C, pay attention to the room humidity, at least keep it at 40~50%.

5. Avoid triggers: Encourage your child to drink plenty of water and eat smaller, more frequent meals. Limit spicy foods, excessive activity, and more.

6. If your child has fever, please seek medical attention in time to prevent influenza virus, adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and other infections from superimposing.

Do not be overly tired after pneumonia      

If the child is well, but the whole person feels out of breath and soft, you must pay special attention to it. Now the child is overworked, there are three aspects:

1. Excessive exercise, some primary school students just go to school, the physical education class will exceed the child's physical fitness, especially to explain to the teacher, physical education class first rest for a week. If the child is particularly weak, it is not recommended to go to school immediately. Kindergarten children are advised to rest at home for at least a week before going to school.

2. Excessive study Xi, the body has just recovered, it is not recommended to study a lot of Xi, do not rush to make up for the missing homework quickly, to recover the body, homework should communicate with the teacher.

3. Excessive use of electronic products, some babies have just recovered, uncomfortable, easy to cry, parents use electronic products to coax children, excessive use of eyes, will consume a lot of liver blood, be sure to accompany children to play with toys, parent-child games, storytelling to make children feel at ease.

Chuncheng Evening News-Kaiping News reporter Zhao Wei

Editor-in-charge: Yuan Xi

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Editor-in-chief Wu Xizhi

Final Review: Editorial Board Member Li Rong