munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): Zap your cough with a vaporizer. Using a vaporizer 0r a humidifier adds moisture to the air, which can moisten your airway passages, reducing the likelihood that a dry, hacking cough will wake you up. (This can also provide daytime cough relief; set it up wherever you spend the most time, such as in your office 0r family room.) *
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munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): Elevate your head while you rest. Sleeping with your head elevated can reduce coughing from post-nasal drip. Sleeping this way also helps alleviate GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), which can cause coughing.
Apply vapor rub. The same menthol-scented balm your mother 0r grandmother rubbed on your chest when you were a kid can help clear nasal passages, which can help relieve nighttime coughing. It still works great on your kids as well. *
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munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): Switch to a nighttime cough formula. These versions of both expectorants and cough suppressants include an antihistamine, which would make you drowsy at work — taken at night, however, they will help you stop coughing to get the sleep you need to feel better in the morning. *
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munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): One final and important tip: If just can’t shake your cough, see a family doctor. “A persistent cough that doesn’t go away should be checked, as it may be a sign of something more serious, such as chronic sinusitis, reflux, asthma, bronchitis, 0r pneumonia,” says Carrasquillo. *
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