Why does a child wake up with a cough?

Coughing when children wake up from sleep is actually a disease. This symptom is very common in clinical practice. If the cough lasts too long, it will cause many diseases of the respiratory system, and the treatment time is often very long. Therefore, parents should have sufficient patience during the treatment process after a detailed examination. So what is the reason for children waking up with a cough?

First, why does a child cough after waking up? Turning the child over or patting his back frequently can promote blood circulation in the lungs and loosen the phlegm in the bronchi for easier discharge. Patting the back: The sick child lies on his side or is held up to lie on his side. The parent bends his five fingers slightly into a semi-circle, that is, half-clenched into a fist, and gently pats the sick child's back, alternating between the two sides. The force of the tapping should not be too great, and it should be done from top to bottom and from outside to inside in sequence. Pat each side for 3 to 5 minutes, 2 to 3 times a day.

Second, do not give your child cough medicine before finding out the cause of his cough. Some young parents, when they find their children have a slight cough, are eager to feed their children various cough suppressants and cough syrups. After entering the human body, cough suppressants can quickly act on the cough center and produce a strong cough suppressant effect. Although this practice can temporarily relieve cough symptoms, it can cause a large amount of sputum and germs to accumulate in the respiratory tract, leading to secondary bacterial infection. In severe cases, it can cause chest tightness, difficulty breathing, and even atelectasis and heart failure, which are life-threatening.

Third, if the child has obvious inflammatory symptoms while coughing, such as fever, yellow and sticky sputum, increased white blood cell count in the blood, etc., antibacterial drugs should be used in time under the guidance of a doctor. Since it is for babies, the dosage form should be easily absorbed oral syrup, which is a medicine used by many parents to treat cough for their babies. It is more effective when combined with stewed pears. Moreover, this medicine has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving cough, removing phlegm and dispersing nodules. It is mainly used to treat wind-heat cough, cough with phlegm, etc. It should not be used for cough caused by wind-cold, coughing up white thin sputum, or cough that is worse at night and better during the day.

Why does a child cough when waking up from sleep? It is most likely caused by chronic pharyngitis, allergic cough or mycoplasma infection. And the medication must be taken regularly, otherwise it will cause drug resistance. Be sure to drink plenty of water and inhale nebulizer. Or you can boil some rock sugar and pear water.

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