Children coughing at 12 o’clock at night may be caused by allergic cough, reflux esophagitis, bronchial asthma and other reasons.
1. Allergic cough: it may be caused by the patient’s exposure to allergens such as dust mites and cold air during the night, and due to the body’s immune response, nocturnal coughing may occur.
2. Reflux esophagitis: It may be caused by the damaged structure of the lower esophageal sphincter and the reduced clearance of the esophagus. After lying flat at night, stomach acid is more likely to reflux and irritate the throat, thus causing cough.
3. Bronchial asthma: It is a chronic inflammation that leads to an increase in airway reactivity and causes recurrent wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, and coughing that is mostly aggravated at night or early in the morning.
Children to 12 o’clock at night on the cough, can also be seen in acute infectious laryngitis, cough variant asthma and other causes, it is recommended that parents take the child to the hospital in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for treatment, to avoid delaying the condition.