Coughing when a baby cries may be a normal physiological phenomenon, or it may be a manifestation of cough variant asthma, acute upper respiratory tract infection and other diseases.
1. Physiological factors: when crying, because the baby is more agitated, so the demand for oxygen is greater. But the baby’s respiratory tract is relatively narrow compared to adults, and the epiglottis cartilage movement is not yet coordinated, may lead to crying when snot and tears flow into the airway, coughing, so the baby coughs when he cries.
2. cough variant asthma: cough variant asthma baby will also appear on the symptoms of coughing, this is due to the allergic body of the baby in the crying airway reactivity enhancement, followed by cough variant asthma, cough. This cough is induced by allergens and various stimuli and does not occur only when crying.
3. Acute upper respiratory tract infection: acute upper respiratory tract infection of the baby will also appear as soon as the symptoms of cough crying, this is due to the baby had cough symptoms, crying because of tears, snot secretion increase, so the cough symptoms will be aggravated.
After eliminating physiological factors, if your baby’s symptoms of coughing when crying persist, please consult a doctor to find out the cause.