I always cough when I sleep at night. I cough when I get a little cold. I don’t cough when I don’t use a pillow. I don’t cough when I get cold. What’s going on?

Severe coughing at night or when you catch a cold is mainly due to respiratory infections. It is recommended to keep warm, eat more warm foods, and avoid cold foods. If the cough symptoms are severe, you should go to the hospital for relevant examinations in time. If there is an infection, antibiotics should be used in time to control the infection and avoid aggravation of symptoms.

During a cough, it is generally necessary to pay attention to the discharge of phlegm to avoid aggravating lung inflammation. Oral phlegm-reducing and cough-relieving drugs can be used for medical treatment. At the same time, be careful to eat less spicy and irritating foods. , fried and deep-fried foods to avoid causing internal heat, lowering the body's resistance and aggravating the symptoms of infection. At the same time, pay attention to eating more fresh fruits and vegetables to supplement the vitamins in the human body.

Because coughing is a protective reflex action to eliminate venom from the body, coughing is a non-specific symptom of many diseases. If you have a long-term cough that does not stop, or the cough is serious and has phlegm, you should consider it. Undertake necessary medical examinations.

1. What you need to pay attention to when seeking medical examination:

When making a clinical diagnosis, you must inquire about the medical history in detail and rule out other diseases that can cause chronic and stubborn cough. Then conduct physical examination, laboratory examination, and equipment examination.

2. Pay attention to the following points in your diet:

In your daily diet, eating more fatty, sweet and thick foods can produce internal heat, aggravate coughing, and the phlegm is thick and sticky, making it difficult to cough up. . For children with asthma, eating too much fat and sweet food can cause phlegm and heat to accumulate, block the respiratory tract, aggravate asthma, and make it difficult to recover from the disease. So you should eat some light food during cough.

Whether it is a child or an adult, coughing is often accompanied by phlegm, and the amount of phlegm is related to the spleen. The spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, and is in charge of the digestion and absorption of food in the human body. If you eat too much cold food, it will damage the spleen and stomach, cause the function of the spleen to decline, accumulate dampness and produce phlegm.