What should I do if I can’t sleep because I keep coughing?

Coughing all the time can not sleep more causes, such as respiratory infections, cardiac insufficiency, etc., need to be combined with the cause of treatment, such as cough or improve cardiac function.
1. Respiratory infections: generally bacterial or viral infections can lead to pneumonia, acute bronchitis, etc., the main manifestation is coughing, coughing up sputum, etc., there will be a cough all the time at night and can not sleep, generally can be in the anti-infective treatment at the same time, at night, plus the use of montelukast sodium, compound licorice tablets, or codeine to stop coughing, etc..
2. cardiac insufficiency: generally lying down at night when the return blood volume increases, aggravating the burden on the heart, the presence of pulmonary stasis will appear coughing, coughing up sputum, difficult to sleep, the treatment can be taken diuretic (furosemide), vasodilator (nitroglycerin), cardiac (cediran) and other medications, the specific drugs need to be combined with the condition of the physician after the determination.
Coughing at night can be caused by many reasons, such as gastroesophageal reflux, cough variant asthma, etc., need to be clarified by a physician after reasonable diagnosis and treatment, do not use your own medication, so as not to delay the condition.