A one-year-old baby coughing in the middle of the night during the day, may be associated with mycoplasma infection, allergic cough, cough variant asthma, etc., need to be based on the cause of the use of targeted drug therapy.
1. Mycoplasma infection: cough is a prominent symptom of this disease, the first dry cough, and then turned into a stubborn cough, mainly at night coughing, often with thick sputum, occasionally with blood, the heaviest will appear wheezing, dyspnea and other symptoms.
Treatment: It is necessary to go to the hospital to improve the mycoplasma antibody test, take macrolide drugs, such as azithromycin, erythromycin granules and other treatment, pay attention to the full amount of full course of use, otherwise it is easy to relapse.
2. Allergic cough: when there are dust mites on the pillow or bed, it will stimulate the baby’s respiratory tract, especially the allergic baby, showing a violent cough, often accompanied by throat itching or foreign body sensation.
Treatment: Parents need to pay attention to regular cleaning of bedding, while inhaled glucocorticoids, such as beclomethasone propionate, can be used to relieve the baby’s cough.
3. Cough variant asthma: usually cough is the main or only symptom, cough is more obvious at night and in the early hours of the morning, and there is airway hyperresponsiveness.
Treatment: Inhaled glucocorticoids such as budesonide and anti-leukotrienes such as montelukast sodium tablets can be used to control the condition.
There may be other reasons for babies to cough in the middle of the night, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy. All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a physician, and should not be used without authorization.