What’s wrong with a child who coughs in the morning but not the rest of the day?

A child’s cough in the morning and not at any other time may be caused by physiologic reasons, but it may also be caused by allergic cough, upper airway cough syndrome, and other reasons. 1. Physiological reasons: the child’s morning cough may be due to the night sleeping environment is too dry or get up in the morning when the temperature is cooler and other physiological reasons, generally do not need to carry out special treatment, parents can be placed in the house humidifier, should also be based on the weather to the child to increase or decrease clothing. 2. Allergic cough: allergic cough is generally associated with dust, fumes, cigarette smoke and other factors, the patient’s pharynx is stimulated, the patient will appear paroxysmal dry cough, generally no time specificity, may occur during the day, may also occur at night, some patients will also have insomnia, anxiety and other symptoms. 3. Upper airway cough syndrome: Upper airway cough syndrome is mostly related to nasal inflammation, nasal polyps and other factors, the patient’s main symptoms manifested as chronic cough, cough sputum, nasal itch, etc., when the patient lies down at night, it will make the secretion flow into the throat, and in the morning when getting up the child will be stimulated, which will cause the symptoms of cough. If symptoms can be observed for a period of time, if the symptoms have been continued, should be timely to the hospital for medical treatment, after diagnosis and treatment as prescribed by the doctor.