What to do if you wake up coughing in the morning

Many people may experience coughing when they wake up in the morning, and some people don’t take it seriously and think it will be gone in a few days. There are many reasons for coughing. Some people may cough when they wake up in the morning because they did not cover themselves with blankets at night. Some people may cough due to chronic diseases. However, no matter what the reason is, there will be corresponding countermeasures. Here we will introduce some relevant knowledge to you.

Cough is one of the most common symptoms of exogenous diseases in children and can be seen in many respiratory diseases such as influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, etc. When caring for a child with a cough, it is important to pay attention to dietary taboos. Many parents are troubled by their baby’s cough. They worry about the side effects of cough medicine when giving it to their children, but they feel distressed when they see their children coughing if they don’t give them medicine. If parents pay attention to their children's dietary taboos while their child's cough is still ongoing, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Because of weak spleen and stomach and improper diet, overeating of raw and cold, spicy and hot food, and eating too much fatty and sweet food can damage the spleen and stomach. When the spleen and stomach are damaged, they cannot digest food, and the essence of water and grain cannot be transported, and the fluid gathers into phlegm, which is stored in the lungs and can also cause coughing.

When children cough, they should pay attention to the following eight dietary taboos:

1. Avoid cold food. It is not advisable to drink cold or frozen drinks when you have a cough. Chinese medicine believes that "cold body and cold drinks will damage the lungs", which means that once the body is exposed to cold, drinking cold foods will damage the lungs. Coughing is mostly caused by lung diseases, which lead to lung qi stagnation and upward flow. If the food is still too cold at this time, it will easily cause blockage of lung qi, aggravating the symptoms and not healing over time. Whether it is children or adults, coughing is often accompanied by phlegm, and the amount of phlegm is related to the spleen.

2. Avoid fatty and greasy foods. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cough is mostly caused by lung heat, especially in children. In daily diet, eating too much fatty and sweet food can cause internal heat, aggravate cough, and make the phlegm thick and difficult to cough up. For children with asthma, eating too much fatty and sweet food can cause phlegm and heat to combine, blocking the respiratory tract, aggravating asthma, and making the disease difficult to cure. Don't eat too much fried food. When children cough, their gastrointestinal function is relatively weak. Fried foods can increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, increase moisture and heat, breed phlegm, and make it difficult to cure the cough.

3. Avoid fish, shrimp and crabs. Most people know that when you have a cough, you should avoid "irritating foods" and it is not advisable to eat fish. The smell of fish has the greatest impact on "wind-heat cough". Children with cough will have their cough aggravated after eating fishy foods, which is related to the fishy smell irritating the respiratory tract and the allergy to the protein in fish and shrimp foods. Children who are allergic to certain fish and eggs should be more careful, among which silver carp and hairtail are the most affected.

4. Avoid sweet and sour foods. Sour foods often cause phlegm to accumulate, making it difficult to cough up, which can aggravate the condition and make the cough difficult to heal. When the cough is severe, even some sweet and sour fruits, such as apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, etc. should not be eaten. Eating too much sweets will increase heat and make the inflammation difficult to heal. People have the custom of stewing raw pears with rock sugar to treat coughs. However, this way of eating is inappropriate for a new cough.

The above is the introduction for everyone. If you still don’t understand, you can ask your elders or search other articles to learn more. Spring is a season with a high incidence of diseases. I hope everyone will pay attention to keeping warm in spring to avoid the spread of diseases such as colds. At the same time, everyone should pay attention to disinfection and sterilization at home and in the office.