What is the reason why babies sweat and wet pillows when sleeping?

Babies sweat a lot when they sleep, even their pillows are wet with sweat. In fact, we should be careful to distinguish this situation, because sometimes excessive sweating is actually physiological hyperhidrosis. Generally, this is a normal phenomenon and there is no need to worry too much, especially if the baby eats high-calorie food before going to bed, or is active and lively, and excessive warmth can lead to excessive sweating. However, if the baby suffers from some diseases, such as infantile rickets or tuberculosis, he may also have symptoms of hyperhidrosis.

1. Physiological hyperhidrosis

1. Lively and active. Children are active and lively, so they generate a lot of heat. The heat that cannot be discharged from the body accumulates in the body. During sleep, the heat generated by the human body decreases. In order to maintain a normal temperature, the body dissipates heat by sweating.

2. Eat high-calorie foods before going to bed. If you eat high-calorie foods before going to bed, such as chocolate, candy, etc., heat production will increase after you fall asleep, and the body will begin to dissipate heat, the main way being sweating.

3. Over-warming. Many parents are afraid that their children will catch a cold, so they cover their children with thicker and more quilts. But in fact, the baby is in the stage of growth, the metabolism is very fast, and the baby is covered very tightly and is exposed to overheating. The body can only regulate the body temperature by sweating.

4. Environmental reasons. Children are more likely to sweat when the room temperature is high or it is stuffy and the air circulation is poor.

2. Pathological hyperhidrosis

1. Rickets in infants. Due to the influence of underlying diseases, the baby's head sweats more, the baby sleeps uncomfortably, and the head contacts and rubs against the pillow, forming a ring-shaped hair loss phenomenon on the pillow. When seeing these phenomena, parents should be careful, as these are early signs of rickets in infants, and they should supplement their babies with VD and calcium in time.

2. Tuberculosis. If the baby sweats in addition to the first half of the night and also experiences this phenomenon in the second half of the night, and is accompanied by weakness in the limbs, loss of appetite, flushed face, low fever, etc., it is most likely tuberculosis. Parents should take their babies to the hospital for examination in time.

3. Heart disease, diabetes, etc. If your baby suffers from night sweats or cold sweats on his hands and feet for a long time, it may be caused by underlying medical factors. Parents should take their children to a doctor as soon as possible to find out the cause.