A strong cough at night and no cough during the day may be due to changes in body position, allergies, gastroesophageal reflux, infectious diseases and other reasons.
1. Changes in body position, the patient sleeps in the flat position at night, the respiratory mucus flows to the bronchial tubes, in the case of cilia movement, the mucus is easy to flow into the subglottis, when the patient’s body position is changed, it is easy to stimulate the airway, which leads to coughing at night and not coughing in the daytime.
2. Allergy, due to pollen, pet fur, bed mites and other allergens stimulate the human body, there will be coughing phenomenon, especially at night when sleeping, the symptoms are aggravated.
3. Gastroesophageal reflux, some people are prone to gastroesophageal reflux at night when they sleep in the flat position, and the refluxed food will irritate the airway and throat, thus causing the symptom of coughing heavily in the middle of the night without coughing during the day.
4. Infectious diseases, patients with bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases, patients in the daytime coughing symptoms are not obvious, cough in the middle of the night.
Coughing at night during the day basically do not cough may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.