What should I do if my baby coughs when he sleeps at night?

Once the baby coughs at night time, when the parents first need to understand the cause of coughing, and then the medicine, so as to really improve. You can put the baby’s pillow cushion high, you can in the baby coughing gap, let the baby changed to the side position or the baby picked up side lying, gently pat the baby’s back, promote the discharge of phlegm. It is important to note that do not casually take cough medicine, so as not to inhibit the cough center is not conducive to the expulsion of phlegm. In order to prevent the baby from catching a cold, the windows and doors may be closed at night when sleeping, making the indoor air turbid, so that the baby will be easy to cough at night. The best solution is to keep the indoor air circulation, not dry, no odor, not to burn mosquito coils. Do not open the air conditioning is best, you can open a period of time before going to bed to adjust the temperature of the room or take other methods to regulate the temperature of the room, to create a comfortable sleeping environment for the baby. The main thing is to address the cause of the treatment, if the cause is unknown, you can carry out empirical symptomatic treatment, to achieve effective control of the disease. If the cough is not relieved after treatment, re-evaluation of the treatment is necessary.