Children wake up coughing at three or four o’clock in the morning, pay attention to the impact of environmental factors, respiratory infections or cough variant asthma, etc., need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
1. Environmental factors: such as indoor ambient temperature at night is too low (or too high), indoor dryness, so that children sleep in the process of respiratory discomfort, can appear in the morning at three or four o’clock coughing, the phenomenon of sleep.
2. Respiratory tract infections: such as respiratory tract infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, also prone to nighttime coughing is more intense phenomenon, some children may be accompanied by fever, wheezing and other manifestations, improve the Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody test can assist in the diagnosis. Or children with severe pneumonia, coughing violently, may also have the above situation, may be accompanied by poor mental response.
3. Cough variant asthma: cough often occurs at night, mostly dry cough, recurrent cough lasts for a long time, usually ineffective antimicrobial treatment, lung function tests can help diagnosis.
4. Rhinitis – sinusitis: due to nasal secretions backflow, stimulate the bronchial tubes, cough, night can appear above, such children often have nasal congestion, runny nose and other symptoms, often last a long time.
Children with frequent and severe coughing at 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. are advised to seek medical attention and be evaluated and judged by a specialist.