Children coughing at night may be due to cold, gastroesophageal reflux, pneumonia, cough variant asthma and other factors, and can choose to pay attention to warmth, drug intervention and other ways to relieve.
1. Cold: If children don’t pay attention to keep warm when sleeping at night, it is easy for them to cough because of cold, which can be relieved by paying attention to keep warm and adjusting the indoor temperature.
2. Gastroesophageal reflux: If children have gastroesophageal reflux, the cough may be caused by the reflux of stomach acid or gastric contents into the throat. Medications to inhibit gastric acid, such as omeprazole enteric-coated capsules (prohibited in infants and young children) can be given to treat the cough.
3. Pneumonia: When children have lung infections caused by bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, they may have symptoms of coughing, coughing up sputum and fever. For bacterial infection, antibiotics such as amoxicillin and azithromycin may be chosen for treatment; for influenza virus infection, antiviral drugs such as oseltamivir may be chosen for treatment.
4. Cough variant asthma: often cough as the only or main symptom of the disease, coughing is more obvious at night and in the early hours of the morning, can cooperate with the doctor to choose budesonide inhalation aerosol inhalation glucocorticosteroid, montelukast sodium and other anti-leukotriene drugs treatment.
If a child’s cough is not relieved at night or is accompanied by other symptoms, he or she should go to the hospital in a timely manner to have the cause clarified and then be given targeted treatment. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.