Waking up in the middle of the night with a dry mouth and cough may be asthma or snoring, lung infection, pharyngitis, etc., need to seek medical attention. 1. Asthma, common cough variant asthma, due to allergies to mites, dust, etc., resulting in airway hyperresponsiveness, producing similar symptoms, is one of the common causes. 2. snoring, can be caused by nasal congestion, obesity and other causes of snoring, leading to unconscious episodes in sleep, producing dry mouth, cough and other manifestations. 3. Lung infections, commonly pneumonia, lung infections caused by dry cough performance, need to be timely chest CT and other tests, clear cause to take symptomatic treatment. 4. Pharyngitis, such as chronic pharyngitis, can lead to a similar dry mouth, tickling cough in the sleep. Woke up in the middle of the night dry mouth and cough may have other causes, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, the specific causes and treatment modalities also need to consult a doctor in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to choose the appropriate treatment.