Nocturnal cough in children

  Pediatric coughing is a protective respiratory reflex action in the body. Coughing is caused when foreign bodies, irritating gases, respiratory secretions, etc. stimulate receptors in the respiratory mucosa and impulses are transmitted via afferent nerve fibers to the cough center of the medulla oblongata, causing coughing.  Cough caused by upper respiratory tract infection Symptoms: Mostly an irritating cough, as if the throat is itchy, without phlegm; does not distinguish between day and night and is not accompanied by shortness of breath or shortness of breath. The baby is drowsy and has a runny nose, sometimes accompanied by a fever with a temperature not exceeding 38°C; poor spirits and loss of appetite; after sweating to reduce the fever, the symptoms disappear and the cough still persists for 3-5 days.