For children sleeping cough, may be due to physiological factors such as cold, or bronchitis, pharyngitis, pneumonia and other pathological factors, can be given home care, medication and other ways to relieve.
1. Physiological factors: If children do not pay attention to keep warm when sleeping at night, it is easy for them to get cold and have coughing symptoms, which can be relieved by paying attention to keep warm and adjusting the room temperature.
2. Pathologic factors:
(1) bronchitis: when a small child exists bronchitis caused by pathogen infection, it will be under the invasion of inflammation, thus coughing, coughing up phlegm and other symptoms, you can cooperate with the doctor to identify the pathogens, and if it is a bacterial infection, you can be given azithromycin, penicillin V potassium tablets and other antibiotic treatment.
(2) Pharyngolaryngitis: when children have inflammation of the mucous membrane of the throat and lymphatic tissues, it will cause dryness of the throat, itchy throat, sore throat and even coughing, which can be relieved by gargling with compound borax gargle (prohibited for children under 3 years old) or saline.
(3) Pneumonia: Children sleeping and coughing can also be caused by pathogens invading the lung parenchyma, if the bacterial infection, you can cooperate with the doctor to choose penicillin V potassium tablets, cephalosporins and other antibacterial drug treatment.
There may also be other causes of sleep coughing in children, and you should cooperate with your doctor to improve the examination and determine the cause before treatment and therapy. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.