What reason is the baby coughing when sleeping?

Baby's sleep is very important. Parents should ensure the baby's sleep from every point. However, sometimes babies cough when they sleep. Why? The following are the reasons why the baby coughs when sleeping. Let's have a look.

The cause of the baby's cough while sleeping.

1, Cough caused by common cold:

Features: most of them are irritating coughs, such as itchy throat and no phlegm; Day and night, without asthma or shortness of breath.

Symptoms: the baby is sleepy, with a runny nose, sometimes accompanied by fever, and his temperature does not exceed 38 degrees; Poor spirit, loss of appetite, symptoms disappear after sweating and fever, and cough lasts for 3-5 days.

Reason: It is popular in all seasons, and it is common when the temperature difference changes greatly. Most people have the experience of catching a cold, such as kicking the quilt at night, wearing too little clothes and catching a cold in the shower.

Viewpoint: Generally, no special treatment is needed. Feed your baby warm water, ginger juice or onion water. Use cold medicine as little as possible. When the baby is irritable and feverish, you can give it to several children orally. Do not use adult antipyretics, feed cough syrup, cough tablets and other cough medicines, and do not abuse antibiotics.

2, cold air irritating cough:

Features: The initial cough is irritating dry cough.

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

Cause: Cold air is a simple physical factor, which stimulates respiratory mucosa and causes irritating cough. Common in babies with little outdoor activities. When the baby suddenly goes out to inhale a small amount of cold air, the delicate respiratory tract will have inflammatory reactions such as congestion, edema and exudation, thus inducing cough reflex. There is no microbial infection at first, but it can be infected by viruses and bacteria after a long time.

Viewpoint: Let the baby accept the exercise of temperature change from an early age. Often take the baby to outdoor activities, even in the cold winter. Only the trained respiratory tract can withstand the stimulation of cold air.

3. Cough caused by influenza:

Characteristics: There is a slight hoarse cough in the throat, which tends to get worse gradually, and the sputum is from less to more.

Symptoms: with obvious click symptoms (tears, runny nose, increased respiratory secretions), often accompanied by high fever above 38 degrees, it is generally difficult to reduce fever for one week; Cough accompanied by shortness of breath when high fever, the baby's spirit is poor.

Cause: Viral infections often occur in groups during the flu season in winter and spring.

Viewpoint: If you suspect the flu, you should seek medical advice immediately, make a clear diagnosis and treat it under the guidance of a doctor.

4. Cough caused by pharyngitis

Features: "Empty, empty?" when coughing. Sound.

Symptoms: hoarseness, pus in sputum, little cough, mostly swallowing. Older babies will complain of sore throats; Babies who can't express themselves often show irritability and refuse to feed.

Cause: Cough is mostly stimulated by inflammatory secretions, often caused by a cold.

Viewpoint: Seek medical attention in time, and make clear the diagnosis and symptomatic treatment.

5. allergic cough:

Features: persistent or recurrent severe cough, mostly paroxysmal, is aggravated when the baby is active or crying, and the cough at night is more serious than during the day.

Symptoms: thin phlegm and shortness of breath.

Cause: It is caused by antigenic or non-antigenic stimulation, especially in pollen season.

Viewpoint: For babies with family history of allergies such as asthma, we should pay special attention to cough, seek medical treatment as soon as possible, make a clear diagnosis and actively treat them to prevent them from developing into asthma.

6, bronchitis cough:

Features: mild dry cough at the beginning, then wet cough, expectoration or yellow pus.

Symptoms: Early cold symptoms, such as fever, sneezing, runny nose and throat discomfort.

Cause: It is more common in older babies, mainly caused by respiratory infection.

Viewpoint: cold medicine can be used when the symptoms of the first cold are obvious, antipyretic and expectorant medicine can be used for fever, and cough medicine is not suitable. Too much phlegm or purulent, suggesting secondary bacterial infection, should choose the appropriate antibiotics according to the doctor's advice. If it is not effectively controlled, it may develop into pneumonia.

7, bronchiolitis cough:

Features: irritating dry cough, which can cough up more phlegm.

Symptoms: cough with fever, shortness of breath and wheezing.

Cause: The virus invades the bronchiolar mucosa, causing inflammation, which is most common in babies within 6 months.

Viewpoint: If the baby has difficulty breathing or can't eat or drink, he should seek medical advice in time. If the symptoms are mild (only wheezing without dyspnea), you can put a humidifier in the baby's room to help the baby discharge mucus from the lungs and drink enough water for the baby.

Ways to relieve the baby's cough when sleeping.

1. Raise the baby's head at night: If the baby keeps coughing while sleeping, raise his head, and the cough symptoms will be alleviated. Looking up is helpful for most coughs caused by infection, because when lying flat, the secretions in the baby's nasal cavity can easily flow down the throat, causing itching in the throat and aggravating cough at night, while looking up can reduce secretion backflow. It is also necessary to change the sleeping position frequently, and it is best to sleep alternately from left to right, which is conducive to the discharge of respiratory secretions. Don't lie down and sleep immediately after feeding the baby with cough, in case cough causes spitting and aspiration. In case of aspiration or choking, you should immediately lower your head, hold your feet high, pat your back, encourage your baby to cough, and cough up the inhalation through coughing.

2, steam cough method: a baby who coughs more than 20 degrees at room temperature and humidity of 60? Symptoms will be relieved in about 65% of the environment. If the baby coughs badly, let the baby inhale steam; Or sit in a steaming bathroom with your baby in your arms for 5 minutes. Moist air helps the baby to clear away mucus from the lungs and relieve cough.

3, hot water bottle back cough method: the hot water bottle is filled with hot water of about 40 degrees, wrapped with a thin towel outside, and then applied to the baby's back near the lungs, which can accelerate the cold and quickly relieve cough. This method is especially effective for cough symptoms at the beginning of a cold. Put some underwear on the baby before applying it. Don't burn the child.

4, hot drink cough method: drink more warm drinks, can make the baby sticky and thin, relieve the tension of respiratory mucosa, and promote sputum cough. It is best to let the baby drink warm boiled water or warm milk, rice soup, etc. You can also give your baby freshly squeezed juice, which should be apple juice or pear juice, which is less irritating. It is not advisable to drink orange juice, grapefruit juice and other citrus juices.