Symptoms of walking Pneumonia in children
Walking Pneumonia in children: An Overview
Walking pneumonia is an infection caused by a microscopic organism called mycoplasma. School going children are the worst affected lot among all those who suffer from walking pneumonia.
Symptoms
Symptoms of walking pneumonia in children are usually mild to moderate and include fever, headache, lethargy chills, rapid breathing, sore throat and cough. Some symptoms are very mild that children may not realize that they are ill.
Children then develop a dry cough, which can become worse at night. Unlike the cough from a cold, which would get better after 4 to 7 days, children with walking pneumonia pneumonia will continue to cough for a prolonged period. The cough may be become productive or become streaked with blood, and the cough may linger for 3 to 4 weeks. Other symptoms of walking pneumonia in children, may change their form and severity giving you a cause to worry as a caring parent.
*Other signs and symptoms might include:
*a skin rash, including erythematic multiform
*chest pain
*muscle aches
*diarrhea
*abdominal pain
*chills
*bluish or gray coloring of lips and fingernails(in extreme cases)
*decreased activity
*loss of appetite
*enlarged lymph glands
*trouble breathing
Sometimes childrens only symptom might be rapid breathing. When the pneumonia is in the lower part of the lungs near the abdomen, there might not be any breathing problems, but there might be abdominal pain and fever or vomiting.
When pneumonia is caused by viruses, the symptoms appear to be more gradually and are often less severe than in bacterial pneumonia. Wheezing might be more common in viral pneumonia.
Some types of pneumonia might induce symptoms that offer important clues about that causative agent of the illness. For example, in older kids and adolescents, pneumonia due to Mycoplasma is notorious for causing a sore throat and headache in addition to the usual symptoms of pneumonia.
In infants, pneumonia due to Chlamydia may cause conjunctivitis (pinkeye) with only mild illness and no fever. When pneumonia is due to whooping cough (pertussis), the child might be having long coughing spells, turn blue due to lack of air or make a classic “whoop” sound when breathing.
Being aware of these and getting treated on time is really important in case your child gets infected with walking pneumonia!
Related Articles:
Сocaine energy drink
Pass drug test
THC drug test
How long does weed stay in your system
Detox foot pads
Is bronchitis contagious?