Patient's question:
The child always coughs in the middle of the night, and when the coughing becomes severe, it starts to cause dry heaves. The symptoms are not obvious during the day. Is this due to allergic cough or indigestion? What medicine would be suitable to take?Doctor's answer:
Child, male, 4 years old, coughing at night in the middle of the night, has already started to cough, symptoms are not obvious during the day. Most cases of children's cold cough are caused by catching a cold, affecting the trachea or lungs. Eating cold food can also cause cough, cough usually lasts for 7 to 10 days. Cough is often the last symptom to disappear. It can last for one to three months if it is a paroxysmal mild cough, antibiotics are ineffective, and it subsides at night. It may be allergic cough. It is also cough variant asthma, should add inhalation of atomization and hormone drugs.