Baby cough in the middle of the night may be related to physiological factors, special infections, etc., can be adjusted to the head-high foot position, oral erythromycin and so on.
1. Physiological factors: related to the baby’s anatomical structure, cardia and the bottom of the stomach muscle tone is low, the pyloric sphincter development is better, when the night to eat more, lying down at night can appear gastroesophageal reflux, this is a normal physiological phenomenon. Parents need to adjust the body position: head high foot position, as the baby grows up, the symptoms can disappear.
2. Special infections: under normal circumstances, bacterial or viral infections, the baby cough, there is no difference between day and night, when the baby often cough in the middle of the night, need to consider whether there is a special infection, such as mycoplasma infection, manifested as intractable cough at night. Parents can be given oral macrolides, such as erythromycin, azithromycin and other treatment.
All of the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a physician, not unauthorized use of drugs. The baby cough in the middle of the night may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.