Children coughing at night with phlegm throat sound big wheezing, may be the amount of phlegm more so that respiratory obstruction caused by the feasibility of phlegm aspiration, phlegm, anti-inflammatory treatment to alleviate the symptoms.
Phlegm is the secretion of the trachea, bronchial tubes or exudate in the alveoli after the human body is infected by bacteria, viruses and other infections. At night in a quiet state, phlegm can move upward from the trachea and bronchial tubes to the pharynx, stimulating the child to have a violent cough. When the amount of phlegm is large and sticky, it can block the respiratory tract, resulting in respiratory distress, i.e., the symptom of stridor.
1. Aspiration: When the child’s airway is obstructed and he or she is wheezing, it is very dangerous to help the child sit up or lie on his or her side, pat the child’s back to help him or her expel phlegm, or aspirate to relieve the obstruction, so as to prevent asphyxiation.
2. Phlegm: Nebulized inhalation of acetylcysteine and other phlegm drugs, direct action on the respiratory tract, the effect is faster, or oral aminobromine hydrochloride to dilute phlegm, can help phlegm discharge.
3. Anti-inflammatory: the above sputum suction, sputum can only temporarily relieve the symptoms, after the regular anti-infection treatment can be completely cured, such as oral cefixime, amoxicillin and other antibiotics.
All of the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a physician, not unauthorized use of drugs. If your child is coughing at night with a phlegm sound in the throat and wheezing, it is recommended that you go to the hospital in time for regular treatment.