Coughing is a troublesome disease that not only brings discomfort to the body, but also affects the patient's sleep. Especially when children cough, it can also affect their parents' normal rest, and family members may become anxious and angry. Children's coughs usually worsen at night, so let's learn about how to deal with severe dry coughs in children at night?
When children have severe dry cough at night, they can change their position appropriately to keep their airway unobstructed as much as possible, in order to alleviate cough symptoms. Parents can gently move their children's bodies, allowing them to lie on their side or semi supine, which can help alleviate dry cough. If a child is in a non sleeping state, they can drink some warm water to increase the wetness of their throat and alleviate dry cough symptoms.
Children with severe dry cough at night may have allergic cough, and parents should take corresponding nursing measures according to the specific situation. Allergic cough is also sensitive to dust in the air. In this case, parents can sprinkle some water on the indoor floor to keep the indoor air moist, so that children can sleep more comfortably.
Most children with cough will worsen at night, which is due to the excitation of the vagus nerve during nighttime sleep. Excitement of the vagus nerve can cause tracheal spasms, thereby exacerbating cough symptoms. Parents should not worry too much. If their child's condition does not improve, they can go to the hospital for treatment.
