National Disease Prevention and Control Bureau: This is how to prevent mycoplasma pneumonia in children!–Health–People News
- According to monitoring data from the Department of Disease Prevention and Control, mycoplasma pneumoniae in children is currently spreading sporadically.
- In clinical practice, the best treatment window for mycoplasma pneumoniae is within 5 days after fever.
- Parents should ensure that children receive regular treatment according to the doctor's instructions and should avoid stopping medications or adjusting the treatment plan on their own.
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According to monitoring data from the Department of Disease Prevention and Control, mycoplasma pneumoniae in children is currently spreading sporadically.
In clinical practice, the best treatment window for mycoplasma pneumoniae is within 5 days after fever. Treatment should be individualized according to different severity levels and select reasonable antibiotics. Severely ill children should receive comprehensive treatment and visit a hospital as soon as possible.
Parents should ensure that children receive regular treatment according to the doctor’s instructions and should avoid stopping medications or adjusting the treatment plan on their own.
How can schools and parents work together to prevent mycoplasma pneumoniae in children?
Peng Zilbin, Associate Researcher, Epidemic Control Department, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Children and adolescents are vulnerable to respiratory infections because their immune systems are not yet complete. We suggest that families and schools work together to do the following:
First, vaccines can prevent respiratory infectious diseases such as flu, chickenpox, measles, rubella, and mumps, so we must ensure that children and adolescents can receive vaccinations on time.
Second, pay attention to your child’s daily care, maintain personal hygiene, maintain a clean indoor environment and strengthen air circulation, have your child drink a lot of water and eat more vegetables and fruits, and improve your own immunity through regular study and rest. You have to make it happen.
Third, the possibility of children being exposed to sources of infection must be reduced, so children and adolescents must be prevented from going to crowded places.
Lastly, we must prevent infectious diseases from entering schools or classes by strengthening health monitoring, conducting breakfast and lunch inspections, and registering absences due to illness, so that students and faculty can attend class and work without illness.
