What to do if your child coughs and vomits in the middle of the night

Every parent hopes that their children can grow up healthy and happy. However, since children are relatively young and in a period of rapid growth, their immunity is low during the growth process, and there will always be some health problems. Among them, symptoms such as colds have a very high incidence rate among children. However, many parents have encountered children coughing and vomiting in the middle of the night. This will also have a certain impact on the child’s normal sleep, and in the long run it will also delay the child’s growth. Let’s learn about what to do if a child coughs and vomits in the middle of the night.

What to do if your child coughs and vomits in the middle of the night

Baby's cough and vomiting are mainly caused by bronchitis accompanied by indigestion. During the treatment period, the baby should first adjust the diet, pay attention to changes in indoor temperature, drink more water during coughing, and do not eat spicy or too salty food, which will aggravate the baby's condition. Eating some easily digestible food will help relieve the baby's vomiting symptoms. In severe cases, oral digestive drugs can be used for treatment. Coughs can be treated with oral cough suppressants. If there is no effect, timely infusion or nebulization inhalation treatment should be given to avoid chronic bronchitis.

When your baby is coughing and vomiting, parents should take the following care measures:

1. When a child vomits, place him or her on the bed and let him or her lie quietly. Place a basin beside the bed to prevent the child from vomiting again. Pay attention to the vomiting situation, the relationship between vomiting and diet and coughing, the number of vomiting, the vomited stomach contents, etc.

2. Let the baby sit up and turn his head to one side to prevent vomit from entering the trachea. After vomiting, rinse your mouth with warm water to clean your mouth and remove bad odor in your mouth. You can clean the mouth by feeding water frequently.

3. Feed water frequently and allow the baby to drink small amounts frequently to ensure water supply. Give your child some light salt water or sugar water every 10-15 minutes. The water temperature should be hot in winter and cool in summer. Pay attention to whether the skin on your child's hands is dry to prevent dehydration.

4. Don’t rush to feed your child when he or she is vomiting, otherwise it will only aggravate the vomiting. Pay attention to your diet, don't eat too much, and try to eat small meals frequently. Do not eat greasy, spicy or sour foods to avoid irritating the stomach and intestines. After vomiting, you should first eat liquid food or semi-liquid food (such as rice porridge or noodles), and gradually transition to a normal diet.

5. Try to rest in bed and avoid changing your body position frequently, otherwise it will easily cause vomiting again. When vomiting is severe, the child should be held up or let the baby sit up. This will not only make the child feel more comfortable, but more importantly, there is no need to worry about the child's vomited food choking into the trachea and blocking the respiratory tract.

6. When children vomit, their clothes and sheets often get dirty. Be sure to change them frequently. If there is any odor left, it will more easily induce vomiting in children.

When many parents encounter health problems with their children, the first thing they think of is to give their children medicine. In fact, this approach is very wrong. We must understand the cause and then prescribe the right medicine. This will not cause harm to the child's body. The above is an introduction to what to do if a child coughs and vomits in the middle of the night. After understanding it, we hope it will be of some help to parents. Children must be given more boiled water and should be consulted by a doctor when necessary.