{"id":177626,"date":"2023-12-07T12:27:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/new-health-threat-emerged-in-europe-the-walking-pneumonia-wave-similar-to-chinas"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:27:39","slug":"new-health-threat-emerged-in-europe-the-walking-pneumonia-wave-similar-to-chinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/new-health-threat-emerged-in-europe-the-walking-pneumonia-wave-similar-to-chinas","title":{"rendered":"New Health Threat Emerged in Europe: The \u2018Walking Pneumonia\u2019 Wave Similar to China\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-health-threat-emerged-in-europe-the-walking-pneumonia-wave-similar-to-chinas.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A wave of health concern is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/12\/05\/walking-pneumonia-epidemics-have-been-reported-in-parts-of-europe-heres-what-you-need-to-k\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"\"> sweeping across Europe<\/a>, echoing similar patterns of pediatric pneumonia <a href=\"https:\/\/original.newsbreak.com\/@shin-561334\/3242675749414-new-pneumonia-outbreak-in-china-is-likely-due-to-mycoplasma-pneumoniae-bacterium\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"\"> seen in China<\/a>. This concern stems from the increasing prevalence of a rather understated yet potent bacterium \u2013 <em class=\"\">Mycoplasma pneumonia<\/em>, known for causing \u201cwalking pneumonia,\u201d particularly for children.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"\">Mycoplasma pneumoniae <\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/pneumonia\/atypical\/mycoplasma\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"\"> a unique bacterium<\/a> with the capability of triggering a spectrum of respiratory infections, ranging from mild to severe pneumonia. This pathogen predominantly targets school-aged children, with Public Health France indicating it accounts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/12\/05\/walking-pneumonia-epidemics-have-been-reported-in-parts-of-europe-heres-what-you-need-to-k\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"\"> for 30\u201350%<\/a> of community-acquired pneumonia infections in this demographic.<\/p>\n<p>Pneumonia, as it stands, is a condition where the lungs\u2019 air sacs become inflamed, potentially filling with fluid or pus. This results in symptoms that include coughing and difficulty breathing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wave of health concern is sweeping across Europe, echoing similar patterns of pediatric pneumonia seen in China. This concern stems from the increasing prevalence of a rather understated yet potent bacterium \u2013 Mycoplasma pneumonia, known for causing \u201cwalking pneumonia,\u201d particularly for children. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a unique bacterium with the capability of triggering a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}