China - Children's Pneumonia Cases Significantly Increased over Previous Years in Fujian province, Weather Blamed

[sharon sanders]

machine translated -

Mycoplasma pneumonia Xiamen into "popular in"

2010-12-11 06:23:00 来源: 台海网 (厦门) 跟贴0条 手机看新闻​

2010-12-11 06:23:00 Source: Taiwan Network (Xiamen) http://comment.news.163.com/news3_bbs/6NJUFC6800014AEE.htmlTaiwan News Online December 11 (Channel Herald Correspondent reporter Shen Hua Ling Zhuo GAO) each spring, fall and winter seasonal transition, because sooner or later, large temperature changes, decreased immunity and other factors, significantly increased the incidence of children with pneumonia yesterday, Herald reporter From the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, understand that the entry of mycoplasma pneumonia in Xiamen and "pop years."

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Yesterday, Herald reporter in the first two area hospitals to see children, wards occupied by patients, 28 patients at least 25 in the pneumonia patients, of which one third of mycoplasma pneumonia.

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Yangyun Gang, deputy director of the first pediatric hospital, the doctor said all the year round mycoplasma pneumonia, but autumn and winter as much.

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A region once every three or four patients had significantly increased this year, Xiamen exactly is a "pop years."

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Mycoplasma infection, often with fever, headache, cough, malaise, body temperature of 39 ℃ or so often.

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Director Yang said, had mycoplasma pneumonia by auscultation difficult to hear unusual, so it is easily missed, are often misdiagnosed as the common cold, he suggested that if children with high fever, cough, clear, breathing difficulties and other symptoms, it is best to be early to the hospital chest X-ray inspection, clear whether mycoplasma pneumonia.


http://news.163.com/10/1211/07/6NJUFC6800014AEE.html

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: China - Children's Pneumonia Cases Significantly Increased over Previous Years in Fujian province, Weather Blamed

"Mycoplasma pneumonia is a type of atypical pneumonia."

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000082.htm


Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, and, usually, the disease has a prolonged, gradual onset.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/807927-overview

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So how is this a sudden pneumonia phenomena connected to recent weather problems?