What causes children to cough in their sleep



Sleeping cough in children may be caused by bronchitis or pneumonia, bronchial asthma, respiratory allergies and other reasons.

1. Acute bronchitis or pneumonia: When acute bronchitis or pneumonia exists, it can manifest itself in coughing, coughing up sputum, fever, chest tightness and other symptoms. When you sleep, the secretions in your lungs cannot be discharged, and then you cough even when you sleep.

2. Bronchial asthma: when bronchial asthma exists, it can also manifest as coughing, coughing up phlegm, dyspnea, chest tightness and other symptoms, and bronchial spasm may be aggravated when the child sleeps, thus leading to coughing while sleeping.

3. Respiratory allergy: when eating allergic food, contact with allergic substances, can cause respiratory mucosal edema, oozing, can lead to the symptoms of children coughing in bed.

Children sleeping cough, need to go to the hospital in a timely manner for relevant examinations to identify the specific causes, under the guidance of the doctor for targeted treatment. At the same time need to maintain indoor air circulation, to ensure that the indoor humidity is appropriate.