Children coughing in the middle of the night to determine the cause, may be dry indoor air, cough variant asthma, bronchitis and other causes, you can use a humidifier, or follow the doctor’s instructions to use inhaled glucocorticosteroid drugs and anti-infective drugs to treat.
1. Dry air: If the sleeping room is too dry, it will lead to the children’s pharynx in the middle of the night is drier, it is easy to appear in the middle of the night coughing symptoms of children. You can use a humidifier indoors to regulate the humidity of the room and relieve the symptoms of coughing.
2. Cough variant asthma: when the child’s condition is not well controlled, the vagus nerve tone is relatively high at night, which can easily trigger the symptoms of children coughing in the middle of the night. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use inhaled glucocorticosteroid treatment, such as inhalation with budesonide suspension.
3. Bronchitis: because the bronchial tubes may be compressed by the surrounding lung tissue during sleep, coupled with the stimulation of inflammation, it is easy to occur in the middle of the night coughing phenomenon. Can follow the doctor’s instructions to take anti-infection drug treatment, such as amoxicillin.
When children have a strong cough in the middle of the night, there may also be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.