Classification of children's coughing while sleeping

In fact, if your baby coughs while sleeping in daily life, you should pay more attention to the occurrence of such situation. In fact, there are many reasons for this situation, and the treatment methods for each reason are different. However, the most important thing is to keep your child warm. So let us take a look at the classification of children's coughing while sleeping.

1. Cough caused by common cold:

Characteristics: Mostly irritating coughs, like an itchy throat, without phlegm; occurring at any time of day or night, not accompanied by wheezing or shortness of breath.

Symptoms: The baby is sleepy and has a runny nose, sometimes accompanied by fever, with the body temperature not exceeding 38 degrees; poor spirits and loss of appetite. After sweating and fever subside, the symptoms disappear, but the cough may continue for 3-5 days.

Cause: It is prevalent in all seasons and is more common when there is a big temperature difference. People usually experience catching a cold, such as kicking off the quilt when sleeping at night, wearing too few clothes, catching a cold when taking a bath, etc.

Opinion: Generally no special treatment is required. Feed your baby more warm water, ginger juice or onion water. Try to use less cold medicine. When your baby is irritable and has a fever, you can give him a little Xiaoerxin orally. Do not use adult antipyretics. Do not feed him cough syrups, cough tablets and other cough medicines, and do not abuse antibiotics.

2. Cough caused by cold air:

Characteristics: The cough is initially an irritating dry cough.

Symptoms: light sputum, no fever, no shortness of breath and other accompanying symptoms.

Cause: Cold air is a purely physical factor that irritates the respiratory mucosa and causes an irritating cough. It is more common in babies who do not have much outdoor activities. If the baby suddenly goes out and inhales a small amount of cold air, the delicate respiratory tract will experience congestion, edema, exudation and other inflammatory reactions, thus inducing a cough reflex. There is no microbial infection initially, but if it persists for a long time, viral and bacterial infections may occur.

Opinion: Let your baby get exercise in temperature changes from an early age. Take your baby outdoors often, even in the cold winter. Only the respiratory tract that has been trained can withstand the stimulation of cold air.

3. Cough caused by influenza:

Characteristics: A slightly hoarse cough occurs in the throat, which tends to gradually worsen, and the amount of sputum increases from a small amount to a large amount.

Symptoms: Accompanied by obvious clicking symptoms (increased tears, mucus, and respiratory secretions), often accompanied by high fever above 38 degrees, which is generally difficult to reduce and lasts for a week; coughing and rapid breathing during high fever, and the baby is in poor spirits.

Cause: Caused by viral infection, often occurs during the influenza epidemic season in winter and spring, and often occurs in clusters.

Opinion: If you suspect you have influenza, you should seek medical attention immediately, get a clear diagnosis, and receive treatment under the guidance of a doctor.

The above article gives you a detailed introduction to the classification of young children's coughing while sleeping. I believe everyone has a preliminary understanding. Children's colds and coughs are mostly caused by catching a cold or bacterial infection. However, you still need to go to the hospital in time to find out the specific cause.