There is no fastest trick or secret recipe to stop a violent cough at night. The cause needs to be identified and treated.
When coughing violently at night, you can temporarily take some conservative measures to relieve the symptoms. Change your position to relieve coughing, such as sitting up or lying on your side. When coughing with phlegm and difficulty in coughing out, take a sitting position and lean forward, let family members pat the back to promote phlegm expulsion and relieve cough symptoms.
If the effect of the above treatment is not good, you should immediately seek medical attention. The best way to treat a severe cough is to have a thorough examination to determine the cause of the cough, and then take medication to treat the cause and symptoms.
Symptomatic cough medication, such as central cough suppressant codeine can be taken to relieve severe dry cough, mild cough can be given cough syrup, etc., cough with phlegm, the use of phlegm cough medication, such as aminoglutethimide, licorice tablets, etc..
For the cause of the drug, such as respiratory tract infections caused by cough, in clear indications of bacterial infection, you can use ceftazidime, azithromycin and other antibiotics, allergic cough to take loratadine, cetirizine and other antihistamine drugs. Specific medication need to follow the doctor’s instructions, not blindly self-taking.
When you have a severe cough at night, you must go to a regular medical institution for consultation and treatment, do not believe in the prescription, secret prescription and delay the condition.