Coughing in sleep may be caused by respiratory diseases (cough variant asthma), gastrointestinal diseases (gastroesophageal reflux), cardiovascular system diseases (left heart failure).
1. Respiratory diseases: if affected by genetic factors, seasonal changes, environmental allergies and other factors, resulting in patients coughing in their sleep, common cough variant asthma, chronic bronchitis, pharyngitis and other diseases.
2. Digestive tract diseases: when the gastrointestinal tract immune disorders, gastroesophageal reflux, chronic gastritis, chronic pancreatitis, ulcerative colitis and other diseases, leading to the phenomenon of coughing in his sleep.
3. Cardiovascular system diseases: acute pulmonary edema and left heart failure patients due to pulmonary circulation stagnation, there may be symptoms of coughing, and in severe cases, dyspnea.
Coughing while asleep may also have other causes, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the diagnosis of the doctor, according to the patient’s specific condition, to take targeted treatment.