Hey my baby is ten month old…. He usually gets up at the night these days and start coughing … looks like he wants to do vomiting…sometimes he does vomiting too..become very uncomfortable and start crying a lot… he used to take little little milk at night but now he is not willing to take..remain hungry for whole night???why

A. Cough is a protective reflex of the body to expel out the mucus or any irritant factor from the respiratory tract which is most of the time assosiated with cold due to any viral or bacterial infection . A proper examination is required to find the cause . As a home remedy you can start with steam inhalation . Cough can be treated with cough suppressant or antitussives as per the cause. For cold antihistamines are useful and nasal saline drops are also benijufecial .