Boys coughing at night can be seen in environmental factors, respiratory infections, rhinitis – sinusitis or cough variant asthma, etc., need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
1. Environmental factors: such as dry indoor environment at night, the temperature is too high (or too low) can make children cough at night performance, usually such children do not have fever and other abnormalities, moderate adjustment of indoor humidity and temperature cough can be relieved.
2. Respiratory tract infections: such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection caused by cough, in the early stages of the disease more dry cough, less sputum, more obvious at night, more often accompanied by fever, improve the Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody test can help to diagnose.
3. Rhinitis – sinusitis: these children often have nasal congestion, runny nose and other symptoms, which can last for a long time, due to nasal secretion backflow can stimulate the respiratory tract to produce cough symptoms, which can occur at night, and some of the children are accompanied by open-mouthed breathing and snoring in the night sleep.
4. Cough variant asthma: these children often have recurrent coughs, dry coughs, mostly at night, but also easily appear in the morning and after activities, there may be a history of allergies, and a complete pulmonary function test can help diagnose.
It is recommended to consult a specialist for evaluation.