How to judge the symptoms of baby coughing during sleep at night

Many parents will find that their babies often cough when sleeping at night. So everyone should pay special attention to this because it may cause bronchitis or asthma in the child. What is going on with the cough at night? Next I will introduce it to you.

Not all cough symptoms are diseases as soon as they appear. Coughing is a protective reflex of the baby, which can prevent foreign objects from entering the trachea and bronchial system, or prevent the accumulation of bronchial secretions. For example, when there is phlegm in the lower respiratory tract, it needs to be coughed out. If antitussive drugs are used, the cough reflex will be inhibited, resulting in sputum retention in the trachea and bronchi, causing the cough to worsen or secondary infection. However, if your baby's frequent coughing affects his sleep or eating, you may choose cough suppressants as appropriate.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, babies' coughs can be divided into exogenous coughs and endogenous coughs, and exogenous coughs can be divided into wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs. Different types of coughs require completely different medications and dietary therapy methods.

To distinguish exogenous cough, one should mainly observe the child’s tongue coating. If the tongue coating is white, the phlegm from coughing is thin, white and sticky, and there is nasal congestion and runny nose, it is a cough caused by wind and cold. At this time, you should eat some warm, phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving foods. If the child's tongue coating is yellow or red, the phlegm is yellow, thick, and difficult to cough up, and there is a sore throat, then it is a wind-heat cough. At this time, the child should eat some foods that clear the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

The symptoms of internal injury cough in babies are mostly long-term cough and recurrent cough. At this time, parents should pay attention to giving their children some foods that regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys, and replenish the lung qi.

In addition, there is a special cough that sounds like a dog barking and makes a "hollow" sound. It is called a barking cough, which is a unique symptom of acute laryngitis. If a child's cough is so severe that it becomes suffocating and blue, it means that the laryngeal edema is severe, which can be life-threatening. At this time, you should take your baby to the doctor in time and receive treatment according to the doctor's advice.

The specific reasons are introduced in great detail. The above is about the baby coughing when sleeping at night. It is recommended that friends take the child to the hospital for examination in time if these symptoms appear in the child. One reason is that the child's voice is hoarse or wheezing.