What to do if your child sweats at night

Children’s health issues are the biggest concern of the whole family. Moreover, children are prone to injury or illness if they are not careful in life, which makes parents very anxious. Even the children’s sleep at night does not make parents worry-free. For example, if children sweat at night too often, it is easy to cause some diseases. Therefore, this phenomenon needs to be dealt with. So, what should we do if children sweat at night?

Pathological night sweats are more common in rickets, mainly in children under 3 years old, and are mainly manifested in sweating in the first half of the night, which is caused by low blood calcium. Night sweats in children with tuberculosis are characterized by sweating all night long. The children also have symptoms such as low fever, weight loss, no weight gain or weight loss, and loss of appetite.

Once children are found to have night sweats, the first thing to do is to find out the cause in time and give appropriate treatment. Drug treatment is generally not recommended for physiological night sweats. Instead, it is recommended to adjust lifestyle and eliminate fever-causing factors in life. For example, children's activities should be appropriately restricted before going to bed, they should not eat too much before going to bed, and they should not be given large amounts of hot food and hot drinks before going to bed; the temperature in the bedroom should not be too high, and they should not wear thick clothes to sleep; the amount of quilts should be increased or decreased as the temperature changes.

When children have night sweats, they should dry their skin with a towel, change clothes, and bathe frequently. Children should be allowed to participate in outdoor exercise regularly to strengthen their physical fitness and improve their adaptability. Once their physical fitness improves, night sweats will stop.

The above is an explanation of what to do when children sweat at night. Parents can learn some useful content and provide treatment and solution when their children have night sweats. This is a very important thing. The occurrence of night sweats is a manifestation of internal heat in the body. At this time, you must be careful to prevent the symptoms of colds and fever.