What should I do if I cough when I lie down at night?

The treatment for coughing more than once you lie down at night should be chosen according to the specific cause, as follows: 1. If it is allergic pharyngitis, the common symptom is an itchy throat that wants to cough, generally coughing with little sputum, and anti-allergy medication can be given, such as loratadine, cetirizine, etc. 2. If it is cough variant asthma, a heavy cough can be seen at night, and a violent cough will be accompanied by chest tightness and an itchy throat that wants to cough. Inhalation of odors, cold air, and pollen can cause coughing attacks or aggravation, and the tongue is light red with a thin white coating. Treatment can be given with oral spray hormones or oral spray hormones plus beta2 agonists such as salmeterol and fluticasone, etc. If necessary, some patients can also use leukotriene receptor antagonists such as montelukast. A small percentage of patients need anti-allergy drugs, such as ketotifen, ketotifen fumarate tablets, etc. 3. Coughing more than once you lie down at night can also be seen in patients with a lot of phlegm, the phlegm does not come up easily during the day when upright, so the cough is light, and so the phlegm will come up after lying flat at night, so there will be coughing and coughing more than once you lie down at night, usually before going to bed to give phlegm medication, encourage the patient to If you give phlegm medicine before going to bed, encourage the patient to cough out the phlegm, give back patting assistance, and then lie down to sleep after coughing out the phlegm, the coughing will be less common or disappear.