How to treat eczema caused by sweating

People sweat very easily in summer because the weather is very hot. The body will continuously discharge water due to the heat. This sweat is discharged from the body through the pores and remains on the skin, which is likely to cause eczema. Eczema is a type of skin disease. If you find that you have eczema, you must treat it as soon as possible. Let’s learn how to treat eczema caused by sweating.

Generally speaking, sweating is a normal phenomenon, and babies sweat more than adults. Sweat is secreted by sweat glands, which are one of the important structures of human skin for regulating body temperature. During childhood, due to their active metabolism and high level of activity, especially infants and young children, their skin contains more water and has more microvessels on the surface of the skin, so more water evaporates from the skin. In addition, children have poor self-regulation ability to deal with cold and heat, so sweating is normal.

However, some babies have excessive sweat glands even in winter, and they sweat easily, soaking their underwear. This is called hyperhidrosis. Reasons for excessive sweating in babies

★Normal reasons

It is mostly normal for babies to sweat excessively, which is medically called physiological hyperhidrosis. For example, the hot weather in summer can cause children to sweat excessively; infants and young children sweat on their heads and necks when they just fall asleep, but the sweating decreases after they fall asleep; babies sweat a lot after activities; in winter, babies wear too many clothes and are covered with too thick quilts at night, which can cause the babies to overheat and also cause excessive sweating. Some babies sweat only on the head and forehead, commonly known as "steamer head". This is also physiological sweating and parents do not need to worry.

When a baby sweats too much due to certain diseases, he or she may sweat a lot when quiet or as soon as he or she falls asleep at night, and may even wet the pillow or clothes. This is called "pathological sweating." If infants and young children suffer from active rickets, active tuberculosis in children, pediatric hypoglycemia and other diseases, or take excessive doses of antipyretics and mental factors (such as excessive excitement, fear, etc.), or some babies have endocrine diseases (such as hyperthyroidism, etc.), they may cause pathological hyperhidrosis.

In addition to excessive sweating, each disease may also have other symptoms. Parents need to take their baby to the hospital for further examinations.

Diseases that cause excessive sweating

(1) Active rickets. Babies under one year old sweat a lot. If they lack sunlight and do not add cod liver oil and calcium powder in time, parents should observe whether the baby has other symptoms besides sweating, such as crying at night, crying and shaking the head on the pillow while sleeping, resulting in hair loss circles on the back of the head, ping-pong head (the bone in the occipital bone becomes soft and it feels like touching a ping-pong ball), square skull (the forehead is protruding and the head is shaped like a square box), large anterior fontanelle and late closure, etc. If so, you should take your baby to the hospital for examination.

(3) Hypoglycemia. It is more common in summer. Babies sweat a lot, refuse to eat at night, and feel listless when they wake up in the morning. The children show symptoms of sadness and restlessness, pale complexion, cold sweats, even profuse sweating, and cold limbs.

(4) Pediatric endocrine diseases (this type of disease is less common in causing excessive sweating). For example, hyperthyroidism is more common in school-age children, mostly girls. It may manifest as excessive sweating, irritability, increased appetite without weight gain, panic, heart palpitations, bulging eyes, etc.

(5) Other acute and chronic infectious diseases in children can also cause hyperhidrosis.