{"id":15587,"date":"2024-10-29T14:59:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=15587"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:25:01","slug":"walking-pneumonia-what-to-know-about-symptoms-and-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=15587","title":{"rendered":"Walking Pneumonia: What to Know About Symptoms and Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The agency said infections had increased significantly among children ages 2 to 4.<\/p>\n

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Infections with the bacteria that causes walking pneumonia have risen significantly this year, particularly among young children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bacteria, called Mycoplasma pneumoniae, spreads through coughs and sneezes and can cause respiratory illnesses. Cases have risen among adults and children, but the most notable increase has been among children between 2 and 4, which experts say is striking given that the bacteria typically infects older children. Data suggests that doctors have diagnosed a growing number of children in this age group with infections after they sought treatment in emergency rooms for pneumonia.<\/p>\n

Despite its name, only around 10 percent of<\/a> people infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae actually develop pneumonia, which is a type of lung infection. When the bacteria does cause pneumonia, it tends to be milder than other forms of the illness, which is why it\u2019s called \u201cwalking pneumonia.\u201d Still, it can cause a fever, chest pain and other symptoms that persist for weeks, and in rare cases can lead to hospitalization.<\/p>\n

There are roughly two million infections with the bacteria each year in the United States, according to C.D.C. estimates. That number is most likely an undercount, though, since many cases are not diagnosed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cases seem to be dipping after peaking in late August, but the C.D.C. said it isn\u2019t yet clear whether that decrease will last, and said that people should stay alert to potential symptoms of an infection.<\/p>\n

\u201cProviders should be on the lookout for it, and the general public \u2014 and especially parents,\u201d said William Edens, lead of the Legionella and atypical pathogens team at the C.D.C.<\/p>\n

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The agency said infections had increased significantly among children ages 2 to 4.Infections with the bacteria that causes walking pneumonia have risen significantly this year, particularly among young children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned this month.The bacteria, called Mycoplasma pneumoniae, spreads through coughs and sneezes and can cause respiratory illnesses. Cases have risen among adults and children, but the most notable increase has been among children between 2 and 4, which experts say is striking given that the bacteria typically infects older children. Data suggests that doctors have diagnosed a growing number of children in this age group with infections after they sought treatment in emergency rooms for pneumonia.Despite its name, only around 10 percent of people infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae actually develop pneumonia, which is a type of lung infection. When the bacteria does cause pneumonia, it tends to be milder than other forms of the illness, which is why it\u2019s called \u201cwalking pneumonia.\u201d Still, it can cause a fever, chest pain and other symptoms that persist for weeks, and in rare cases can lead to hospitalization.There are roughly two million infections with the bacteria each year in the United States, according to C.D.C. estimates. That number is most likely an undercount, though, since many cases are not diagnosed.Cases seem to be dipping after peaking in late August, but the C.D.C. said it isn\u2019t yet clear whether that decrease will last, and said that people should stay alert to potential symptoms of an infection.\u201cProviders should be on the lookout for it, and the general public \u2014 and especially parents,\u201d said William Edens, lead of the Legionella and atypical pathogens team at the C.D.C.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15589,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15590,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587\/revisions\/15590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}