Why does my baby always sweat on his head?

It is a common situation for babies to always sweat on their heads during their growth period. There are many reasons for the baby's head to always sweat. Generally, the baby will sweat easily when he suffers from an illness or has a hot body. Generally, sweating on the baby's head is normal. The sweat glands on the baby's head are more developed, so it is easy to sweat a lot. If there are no other symptoms, parents do not need to worry too much.

Why does my baby always sweat on his head?

It is normal for children to sweat, because children's sweat glands are more developed and it is related to their vigorous growth and development. The secretion of sweat glands is controlled by the autonomic nervous system (vagus nerve). After falling asleep, the vagus nerve becomes excited, causing excessive sweating. Guidance: Sweating is usually more common on the head and face, but it will ease within one or two hours after falling asleep.

How to distinguish baby sweating and night sweats?

Babies sweat a lot, mainly because of their active metabolism. As long as they calm down and the indoor temperature is not too high, the sweating will naturally subside.

Sometimes babies sweat after sleeping at night. This situation is called night sweats. As the name suggests, the baby sweats secretly after sleeping. This situation is often caused by illness.

For example, when the baby has a weak spleen and stomach, lacks trace elements, has a cold, or has diseases such as tuberculosis. However, night sweats are divided into two types: one is physiological, and the other is pathological.

Physiological night sweats mainly occur in infancy and childhood. The baby's metabolism is vigorous, resulting in imperfect autonomic nervous function. Therefore, the baby is prone to sweating when sleeping after activities. Or the baby eats too much, which causes enhanced gastrointestinal motility, excessive secretion of gastric juice, and increased sweat gland secretion. Just pay attention to eating small meals, drinking plenty of water, and paying attention to changes in indoor temperature.

Pathological night sweats are most commonly related to calcium deficiency. When a baby is calcium deficient, it will cause sympathetic nerve excitement, causing the baby to sweat at night. This situation is more common in children with rickets. Tuberculosis can also cause babies to sweat at night. Timely chest X-ray examination or symptomatic treatment after tuberculin test is required.

When the baby is fed improperly or has sympathetic nervous tension, such as irregular feeding resulting in indigestion or food accumulation, or when the baby has congenital heart disease, it may also cause the baby to sweat at night.

Precautions

Therefore, when your baby has night sweats, you should find the cause in time and treat it symptomatically to avoid affecting the baby's development.