somehow this makes me feel a bit better
"The “walking pneumonia”
Walking or atypical pneumonias are pneumonias that are caused by less common micro-organisms, and most of them are caused by Mycoplasma, an extremely tiny microscopic organism related to bacteria.
The pneumonia is called “walking pneumonia” because in most cases the disease is not severe enough to confine the patient to bed or to warrant hospitalization.
Mycoplasma pneumonia affects primarily adults below 40 years of age and children.
Mycoplasma infections occur year round but are more common in late summer and fall.
Mycoplasma pneumonia is infectious and is spread through contact with droplets expelled from the nose and throat of affected people when they sneeze or cough.
Generally the transmission of the disease requires a relatively prolonged close contact with an infected person, and most transmissions occur within families. However, every four to eight years, Mycoplasma pneumonia epidemics may occur and involve as many as 50% of all pneumonias.
Symptoms begin about 15-25 days after being exposed to an infected person, and develop gradually over the next two to four days.
Typical symptoms may include fever, chills, excessive sweating, sore throat, a cough that may or may not be productive, malaise and occasional chest pain.Symptoms may persist for a few days to more than a month.
Occasionally, the Mycoplasma pneumonia may be associated with a painful ear infection, anemia or skin rashes. The disease is usually relatively mild, but occasionally individual symptoms may be quite distressing with the patients feeling generally much worse than they look.
Diagnostic tests may reveal increased concentrations of certain immune substances (cold agglutininns) but a definite diagnosis of Mycoplasma infection, requires more complicated serological tests which are not usually done unless they are part of a research protocol or for diagnostic purposes of suspected epidemics.
The outlook for most treated patients is excellent as the infection responds well to Erythromycin and Tetracyclines. (Tetracyclines are usually not recommended in patients under 7 years of age, because it may cause yellowing of the permanent teeth.) An untreated Mycoplasma pneumonia, in most cases will resolve spontaneously, but may easily drag on over a couple of months or more.
Immunity after mycoplasma infections does occur but it is not life long and its exact duration is unknown. Recurrent infections are usually much milder than the original episode.
Currently there are no vaccines for the prevention of Mycoplasma infection and the only way of averting the associated walking pneumonia is to avoid being exposed to the sneezing or coughing of infected patients"
still sick
feel bad
have to cancel my trip to nyc
in 8 years only canceled one tour before (bad kidney infection)
so this sucks
will have to reschedule a bunch of people
melissa is going to help out
the rest of the crew will be
busy....
makes me want to cry
i want to go to nyc
was so looking forward to it
ah back to bed
drink fluids
take my avelox *super antibiotics*
and pray i feel better tomorrow
sonia5
Walking or atypical pneumonias are pneumonias that are caused by less common micro-organisms, and most of them are caused by Mycoplasma, an extremely tiny microscopic organism related to bacteria.
The pneumonia is called “walking pneumonia” because in most cases the disease is not severe enough to confine the patient to bed or to warrant hospitalization.
Mycoplasma pneumonia affects primarily adults below 40 years of age and children.
Mycoplasma infections occur year round but are more common in late summer and fall.
Mycoplasma pneumonia is infectious and is spread through contact with droplets expelled from the nose and throat of affected people when they sneeze or cough.
Generally the transmission of the disease requires a relatively prolonged close contact with an infected person, and most transmissions occur within families. However, every four to eight years, Mycoplasma pneumonia epidemics may occur and involve as many as 50% of all pneumonias.
Symptoms begin about 15-25 days after being exposed to an infected person, and develop gradually over the next two to four days.
Typical symptoms may include fever, chills, excessive sweating, sore throat, a cough that may or may not be productive, malaise and occasional chest pain.Symptoms may persist for a few days to more than a month.
Occasionally, the Mycoplasma pneumonia may be associated with a painful ear infection, anemia or skin rashes. The disease is usually relatively mild, but occasionally individual symptoms may be quite distressing with the patients feeling generally much worse than they look.
Diagnostic tests may reveal increased concentrations of certain immune substances (cold agglutininns) but a definite diagnosis of Mycoplasma infection, requires more complicated serological tests which are not usually done unless they are part of a research protocol or for diagnostic purposes of suspected epidemics.
The outlook for most treated patients is excellent as the infection responds well to Erythromycin and Tetracyclines. (Tetracyclines are usually not recommended in patients under 7 years of age, because it may cause yellowing of the permanent teeth.) An untreated Mycoplasma pneumonia, in most cases will resolve spontaneously, but may easily drag on over a couple of months or more.
Immunity after mycoplasma infections does occur but it is not life long and its exact duration is unknown. Recurrent infections are usually much milder than the original episode.
Currently there are no vaccines for the prevention of Mycoplasma infection and the only way of averting the associated walking pneumonia is to avoid being exposed to the sneezing or coughing of infected patients"
still sick
feel bad
have to cancel my trip to nyc
in 8 years only canceled one tour before (bad kidney infection)
so this sucks
will have to reschedule a bunch of people
melissa is going to help out
the rest of the crew will be
busy....
makes me want to cry
i want to go to nyc
was so looking forward to it
ah back to bed
drink fluids
take my avelox *super antibiotics*
and pray i feel better tomorrow
sonia5