Coughing in the middle of the night may be caused by chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, pharyngitis, bronchial dilatation and so on.
1. Chronic bronchitis: this disease is mainly related to smoking, chemical substances, air pollution, infection and other factors, resulting in patients sleeping in the middle of the night coughing phenomenon, with the development of the disease, the patient will have a chronic cough, coughing up sputum, and some patients have wheezing phenomenon.
2. Pneumonia: If affected by pathogenic microorganisms, immune damage, physical and chemical factors, allergies and drugs, patients will cough in the middle of the night, accompanied by fever, chills, fatigue, chest pain and other symptoms.
3. Pharyngolaryngitis: due to the influence of viral and bacterial infections or environmental stimuli, the pharyngeal mucosa and submucosal tissues become inflamed and involve the lymphatic tissues in the pharynx, which leads to coughing in the middle of the night, and some of the patients may also suffer from pharyngeal pain, itchiness, and a feeling of foreign body in the pharynx.
4. Bronchial dilatation: the disease is mainly due to persistent or recurrent respiratory tract infections, inflammation, etc. caused by the lung mucus cilia clearing function decreased, the patient will appear in the middle of the night coughing, accompanied by coughing up sputum symptoms.
Coughing in the middle of the night may also have other causes, such as tuberculosis, lung tumors, reflux esophagus disease, acute left heart failure and other diseases.