What to do if a child coughs at night

What should I do if my child coughs at night? The most feared thing about babies coughing is that it happens at night. Not only does it prevent the babies from sleeping well, but it also makes it difficult for parents to fall asleep, and mothers are very worried. Because babies cough badly when sleeping at night, the quality of sleep will plummet. If the sleep is not good, the effect of cough cure will be greatly reduced. There are many reasons for babies to cough at night, such as improper lying position, which can cause lung or bronchial breathing difficulties; inflammation of the throat, or dry itching that irritates the respiratory mucosa; lack of indoor ventilation, etc. So what should children do when they cough at night? This article gives the following methods:

When children cough at night, parents should first understand the cause of the cough and then prescribe medicine. Only in this way can the condition be truly improved!

1. You can raise your child's pillow.

2. When the baby is coughing, you can let the baby change to a side-lying position or hold him/her up to lie on his/her side. Gently pat your baby's back to help the mucus come out. It is important to note that you should not take cough suppressants casually, as this may suppress the cough center and hinder expectoration.

3. In order to prevent the baby from catching a cold, you may close the doors and windows when sleeping at night, making the indoor air turbid, which makes the baby prone to coughing at night. The best solution is to keep the indoor air circulating, not dry, and free of odor, and do not burn mosquito coils.

4. It is best not to turn on the air conditioner. You can turn it on for a while before going to bed to adjust the indoor temperature, or take other methods to adjust the indoor temperature to create a comfortable sleeping environment for your baby.

5. Avoid cold, sour and spicy foods. Frozen and spicy foods can irritate the throat and make coughing worse.

6. Drink more water. In addition to meeting the body's needs for water, adequate water can help dilute phlegm, making it easier to cough up, and can increase urine volume and promote the excretion of harmful substances.

The above content explains the solution to children's night cough. Children should eat a light diet during the cough period. For children with long-term cough, you can boil pears and rock sugar in water to drink, which has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough; you can also use fresh lilies to cook porridge, which is very effective for children who have been coughing for a long time and have weak lung qi. For children with spleen deficiency, they can eat more yam, or cook lotus seed porridge, coix seed porridge and jujube porridge.