Cough is not only a common clinical symptom, but also a protective respiratory reflex action. There are many types of cough, and some patients cough badly at night. As for how to deal with severe cough at night, in addition to drug control, we should also pay attention to dietary control and supplement more water.
1. Control diet
Whether it is cough caused by indigestion or cough caused by other reasons, we should pay attention to contraindications. We should not eat spicy and irritating food, fishy hair, etc. we should pay more attention to replenishing water in our daily diet to help clear respiratory viruses. We should also eat more vegetables and fruits and help supplement vitamins to better help stop cough. Especially eat less before going to bed at night to avoid food accumulation cough.
2. Strengthen exercise
Patients with severe cough at night should strengthen physical exercise to enhance their body's resistance. In addition, pay attention to adding clothes before and after exercise to prevent coughing caused by cold or aggravating cold. In addition, we should also pay attention to exercise. It is best to choose aerobic exercise to help enhance lung function.
3. Change sleeping position
We know that if you are suffering from physical diseases, you may cough due to the influence of sleeping position at night, aggravating lung irritation. Therefore, while actively treating physical diseases, you can also try to appropriately adjust your sleeping position when sleeping, so as to reduce the discomfort of lungs and bronchus, for example, by raising pillows.
4. Indoor air
When sleeping, there will be mouth opening breathing or snoring, so on the one hand, it is necessary to maintain the circulation of indoor air to avoid the stimulation of turbid air to the lungs and induce or aggravate cough at night; The other is to keep the indoor temperature suitable. If the temperature is too high, the indoor air is dry and the temperature is too low, the air may be wet and cold, which will cause discomfort in the airway and lungs and cause cough.
5. Medical treatment
If the cough has lasted for a long time at night and has seriously affected normal sleep, we must pay attention to actively seek medical examination and treatment. Under the guidance of doctors, first diagnose the causes of cough, and then apply the medicine to the case. Do not abuse drugs without authorization, so as not to delay the treatment time and aggravate the condition.