7-year-old boy sweats while sleeping at night

7-year-old boys are in the golden period of their growth and development, so if there are any problems with their bodies at this time, it will affect the normal absorption of nutrients in the body, resulting in growth and development disorders. Because 7-year-old boys have a faster metabolism, sweating is more common than in adults. But is it normal for a 7-year-old boy to have sweating problems while sleeping at night?

Why does a seven-year-old child sweat when sleeping at night?

Sweating at night can be divided into physiological and pathological. Physiologically, eating before going to bed can enhance gastrointestinal motility, increase gastric juice secretion, and increase the secretion of sweat glands. In addition, if the indoor temperature is too high, or the quilt cover is too thick, or electric blanket is used, it can cause sweating during sleep. If the pathological factors include tuberculosis, rickets, etc., it is recommended to go to the hospital for diagnosis and examination. Drug treatment is generally not recommended for physiological night sweats. Instead, appropriate measures should be taken to eliminate factors in life that cause high fever.

How to relieve seven-year-old children from sweating at night

1. Keep dry. People who sweat while sleeping should pay attention to changing clothes and bedding frequently, take a bath regularly, prepare a soft cloth to wipe the body, or use some children's talcum powder to keep the skin dry and reduce the irritation of sweat to the skin. If you have sweat on your body. Don't be blown directly by the wind to avoid catching a cold.

2. Lower the temperature. If conditions at home permit, the indoor temperature and humidity should be adjusted appropriately. Especially for patients with yin deficiency and blood heat who sweat during sleep, the living environment should be relatively cool.

3. Pay attention to your diet. In terms of diet, you should prescribe the right medicine according to the cause of your sweating while sleeping, find out the dietary do's and don'ts that suit you, and develop the best diet to regulate your body. People with yin deficiency, blood heat, and excessive fire should avoid eating spicy food and drinking alcohol. They can eat more vegetables that can clear away heat so that the sweat glands can have a stable foundation to recover.

4. Be calm before going to bed. Physiological night sweats are mostly caused by excessive exercise before going to bed, so be careful not to get too excited and keep quiet before going to bed, and don't eat too much before going to bed. For pathological sweating, you should take appropriate medicine to supplement the nutrients that the body lacks. If it is caused by tuberculosis or other diseases, you should go to the hospital to see a doctor immediately.

After understanding the above-mentioned reasons for children sweating while sleeping and some relief methods, parents should take their children to the hospital for the problem of children sweating while sleeping at night. Only by finding out the cause of the problem can they prescribe the right medicine. Because it is difficult to find out the cause of a child's sweating problem from the phenomenon of sweating.