The main reasons for children choking at night are rhinitis, pharyngitis and reflux esophagitis. 1. Rhinitis: children with rhinitis, nasal mucosa in the inflammatory factor under the stimulation will secrete more snot, the child will sleep at night after the nasal drip, will lead to the child sleep at night old choking cough. 2. Pharyngolaryngitis: If you suffer from pharyngolaryngitis, your child’s throat will be phlegm, and because the vagus nerve is excited at night when you sleep, stimulating your child to cough and cough up phlegm, which will cause your child to sleep at night with a choking cough. 3. reflux esophagitis: when the child sleeps at night, the acidic food of the gastroesophagus refluxes into the upper esophagus, which can stimulate the child to choke. The child sleeps at night old choking cough, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.