Mycoplasma pneumonia infectivity strong?


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Mycoplasma pneumonia is an acute inflammatory disease of respiratory tract and lung caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The main pathological changes are bronchopneumonia, interstitial pneumonia and bronchiolitis. The incidence is more in autumn and winter, and the majority of patients are children and young people. The main symptoms are respiratory symptoms such as sore throat irritation cough and expectoration, and fever and fatigue, loss of appetite, myalgia, ear pain and rash. Mycoplasma pneumonia has a self-limiting course, most cases can be cured without treatment. Early use of appropriate antibiotics can alleviate symptoms and shorten the course. Mycoplasma pneumonia has a certain infectivity, mainly through respiratory transmission, healthy people inhaled the patient cough sneeze nasal secretions and infection, can cause sporadic infection or small epidemic. But mycoplasma pneumonia infectivity is not strong, because most healthy people carry mycoplasma serum has been the existence of the corresponding antibodies, so rarely onset.