A child’s cough at night may be related to dry throat, allergic cough, cold and cough variant asthma, etc. It can be relieved by hydration, antihistamines, antivirals and anti-inflammatory asthma medications.
1. Dry throat: When children sleep at night, they may breathe with their mouths open, which may lead to dry throat and irritating cough. Drinking lukewarm water in small amounts several times will help to clean and moisturize the throat, and alleviate the coughing phenomenon.
2. Allergic cough: some children may be allergic to airborne dust mites or pollen, and if they inhale dust mites or pollen when they sleep at night, it will cause allergic cough, which can be treated with antihistamines such as loratadine and cetirizine, and allergens should be avoided on a daily basis.
3. Cold: children cough at night, may be due to cold and flu, so pay attention to keep warm, at the same time should identify the pathogen, if the influenza virus infection, can choose oseltamivir and other antiviral treatment; secondary bacterial infections can be added to cefixime, amoxicillin and other antibiotic treatment.
4. Cough variant asthma: often cough as the only or main symptom of the disease, coughing at night and in the early morning is more obvious, can cooperate with the doctor to choose budesonide inhalation aerosol inhaled glucocorticosteroid, montelukast sodium and other anti-leukotriene drugs treatment.
The child’s cough at night is likely to have other causes, so you should cooperate with the doctor to improve the examination to determine the cause of the targeted treatment or treatment. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, do not use drugs blindly.