Sometimes a strong cough begins in a child at night. What to do, parents do not know, and begin to ask friends who have encountered a similar situation. If the parents went to the doctor, then the problem of night cough could be solved much faster.
What can cause coughing fits?
Coughing fits can cause viral diseases and illnesses.
respiratory system. Parents should be aware that some ailments, such as bronchitis, tonsillitis, tonsillitis and even pneumonia, can occur without fever. During the day, the baby swallows the accumulating mucus, and while he is sleeping, sputum flows down the back wall, causing a reflex cough.
If a child is tormented by coughing at night, then it can be assumed that he has a violation in the respiratory system. Be sure to consult a pediatrician, is the baby prone to bronchial asthma?
Sometimes a cough at night is caused by an uncomfortable posture in bed or an allergic reaction to sleep accessories. Down or feather pillow fillers can be a strong allergen.
It happens that the culprit of nocturnal cough in a child becomes overdried air in the room.
How to help a child who coughs at night?
When a paroxysmal strong cough constantly occurs in a child at night, what should parents do first of all:
- consult a doctor;
- eliminate suspicions of respiratory system diseases;
- change bedding;
- buy a humidifier or put vessels in the room with water without lids.
If the disease has already been cured, and the cough continues, for example, after pertussis attacks at night bother the survivor of the disease for up to six months, then you can ask the pediatrician to prescribe a medicine that facilitates their course. Very often, doctors in this case are advised to give children lollipops that soften the throat or antitussive lozenges.
There is another way to relieve coughing at night. It is necessary to ensure that the baby is as small as possible on his back. The lateral position facilitates breathing and prevents mucus from entering the trachea.
Home Remedies for Cough Relief
Traditional medicine offers many methods that help calm a child’s coughing night. What can and cannot be done?
Before going to bed, you can give your child a warming compress. Its simplest option is made from boiled potatoes, which are crushed, wrapped in a cloth and applied to the chest. This remedy is 2 in 1: the compress warms, and the fumes from boiled potatoes act like inhalation.
Do not make an alcohol compress.
Compresses are also made from heated oil, honey, apple cider vinegar. Sometimes it’s enough to wrap your neck with a woolen scarf, as our grandmothers did.
If you drop a few drops of eucalyptus oil on a pillow, it will make your baby's breathing easier.
Children over the age of five can be inhaled, breathed in steam from boiled potatoes, a decoction of chamomile, coltsfoot.
Internal remedies from the arsenal of traditional medicine also stop a strong cough in a child at night. What to do to make a child drink homemade medicine with pleasure? Choose those decoctions that have a sweet taste.
Anise with honey in a ratio of 2/1 and a few crystals of salt are boiled in a glass of water. The tool effectively helps prevent night cough. The only contraindication to this medicine is diarrhea, the decoction weakens.
From a cough, a decoction of viburnum with honey will help. There should not be a cloying taste, otherwise the irritation of the mucous membrane will intensify.
Herbal teas from oregano, St. John's wort, and chamomile facilitate coughing attacks.
A lot of ways. You can always choose the one that is suitable for the child. The wrong method of getting rid of a cough can do more harm than the cough itself.