What should I do if my baby coughs a little while sleeping at night?

Coughing is a very common disease. Coughing can occur at any age and at any time. Babies can also cough. Some people cough during the day, and some people cough at night when they sleep. Generally, when babies cough at night, many parents are particularly worried. Coughing will affect the baby's sleep. What should I do if the baby coughs a little at night?

What should I do if my baby coughs a little while sleeping at night?

It is very important for parents to let their babies grow up healthily, but many parents find that their children always cough at night. In fact, there are various reasons why babies cough at night. It is recommended that everyone understand the relevant knowledge clearly in life and then help children adjust the problem of coughing at night.

1. Pay attention to your diet. For children, if they always cough while sleeping, you should pay more attention to their diet in life, keep them away from spicy and irritating foods, and let their throats be treated in a better environment. In addition, if you cough while sleeping, parents can also use diet therapy to treat it. However, since the causes of illness are different for different children, it is best to consult the attending physician before using diet therapy so that the doctor can help you get better treatment.

2. Pay attention to the sleeping environment. It is very important to pay more attention to the sleeping environment when coughing, because the cough will be more severe if the throat is dry. In order to make yourself sleep better, it is recommended that you can control the sleeping environment and let the child sleep in an environment with higher air humidity.

3. Raise the pillow. Using a raised pillow when sleeping can help children breathe better and thus control coughing.

4. Medication treatment. The baby has a pure yang body and a hot constitution. Coughing is usually accompanied by symptoms of lung heat such as fever, cough, phlegm, and wheezing. It is recommended to take some Chinese patent medicine for conditioning. For example, the Xiaokuihua Children's Lung Heat Cough and Asthma Oral Liquid is made from more than ten kinds of Chinese medicinal materials such as ephedra, gypsum, licorice, scutellaria, honeysuckle, etc. It is a good medicine for clearing the lungs and nourishing yin. It has the effects of promoting lung function, resolving phlegm, and treating cough. The oral liquid dosage form has high purity, small dosage, good absorption effect, and is more suitable for babies.

Finally, coughing while sleeping at night may be an allergic cough. It is recommended that if the cough while sleeping at night does not improve for more than two weeks, you must go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.