How to treat a child’s sleepy cough at night

Children sleeping at night cough, mostly seen in respiratory infections, such as bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, etc.; the same can be seen in allergic cough, gastroesophageal reflux cough, treatment is as follows: 1, respiratory infections: (1) general treatment. Feed warm water to the child, change position, pay attention to rest, and pay attention to back patting and phlegm expulsion. (2) Control infection. Children coughing with phlegm, need to be hospitalized, auscultation of both lungs, if necessary, chest X-ray, or the application of antibiotics, commonly used drugs such as cephalosporin granules, azithromycin granules, etc. (Specific medication, in order to interview the doctor with the medication shall prevail). (3) Cough and phlegm treatment. Commonly used drugs can choose Ambroxol oral solution, Ambroxol oral solution, pediatric cough and phlegm granules, etc., can choose to combine or a single drug (note that contains the same ingredients can be selected one). (4) If necessary, nebulized inhalation treatment, to play the role of cough and asthma, you can choose inhaled budesonide, with terbutaline. 2, allergic cough: mostly dry cough at night, sleep cough, with atypical, allergic body is common. On the basis of the above cough and phlegm medication, consider combining with anti-allergic treatment, such as montelukast sodium tablets. 3.Gastroesophageal reflux cough, mostly seen in coughing after sleep, there may be swallowing and other movements or sounds during sleep. In this case, treatment of gastroesophageal reflux, cough can be stopped. You can choose to elevate the position of the child after sleep, with oral promotion of gastrointestinal peristalsis drugs, to reduce the occurrence of reflux. If the cause of a child’s cough at night is not clear, it is necessary to consult a hospital and undergo the necessary tests before deciding on the next step of treatment, and it is not recommended to treat the cough blindly with medication.