United States: Federal health officials in America are ultimately warning people that walking pneumonia cases are rising among young children. This type of pneumonia which is mainly caused by a bacteria called Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and it really has been spreading since late spring.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), There are literally more children who literally have been already visiting emergency departments with this treatment, mainly peaking in late August. It’s important for parents and caregivers to be aware of this trend to help keep kids healthy!
As reported by the HealthDay, the agency says that the highest incidences of the sickness have however been realized in the age bracket of 2-4 years.
However, the rise in children below the 5 years was particularly notable in young children ages 2–4 years because M. pneumoniae previously was not viewed as the main cause of pneumonia in this age group, the CDC said.
That for now up to late September, 6.8% of people with pneumonia visiting the emergency room in this age group had the bacteria diagnosed. The CDC said this has dropped slightly from a high of over 10% that was observed in August.
Speaking to CBS News an agency spokesman stated that levels are now at their highest across the Midwest region from Texas to Iowa.
Other states are now beginning to report spikes in walking pneumonia cases.
Wisconsin health department stated on Friday that they had started to hear from physicians of the rising incidence of what they termed ‘atypical pneumonia’ among kids and young adults.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services [DHS] has seen multiple notifications from clinicians around Wisconsin of an increased occurrence of atypical pneumonia in school age children and young adults, health officials added. ”In these cases, they’re believed to be bacterial infections as a result of the bacteria M.pneumoniae.”
At the same time in Illinois, health officials reported on Thursday that in total, there are “several clusters reported in schools across the state” as well as the respective rises noted in the data provided by the testing labs.
M. pneumoniae is reported to infect only man and is mainly associated with respiratory tract diseases. Infections can be classified as the upper respiratory infections and the lower respiratory infections. It becomes evident in other forms such as pharyngitis, pneumonia and tracheobronchitis, said the health department in Illinois.
They also present with a variety of extrapulmonary sub strains that can occur with or without significant parenchymal lung disease.” These are neurologic effects, cardiac, hematologic, rheumatologic and skin effects. In related point, about 10% of the children affected with M. pneumoniae develop rash…
Also, the number of the rhinovirus and enterovirus cases reported to the CDC have also surged in the recent weeks and nearing seen during pervious fall waves of the disease.
“It’s likely to worsen with the pollen and mold counts rising which are colder weather keeping the everyone inside and the holidays bringing people together and the Virginia based on the Health System VCU health said last week and in the central part of that state and the pediatric pneumonia cases requiring the hospitalization are up to 30 percent!