What is the reason for children to sweat a lot

Nowadays in summer, people often sweat easily. Generally speaking, with normal sweating volume, people excrete some toxins from the human body through sweating. However, if people sweat too much in a day, it will be harmful to the human body. Then some friends asked what is the reason why children sweat too much. Let’s take a look at some of the reasons why children sweat too much and how to deal with it.

1. Physiological hyperhidrosis refers to sweating during sleep when the child is well-developed, healthy, and has no disease. The reason is that children's brain nerves are not yet fully developed, and children are in the period of growth and development. Their body metabolism is very active. If they are a little excited and stimulated, they will sweat to evaporate the heat in the body and maintain normal body temperature. Parents are often accustomed to deciding the best environmental temperature for their children based on their own subjective feelings, and like to cover their babies with more blankets and keep them tightly covered. The baby is overheated and can only regulate his body temperature by sweating. In addition, drinking milk, eating chocolate, etc. before going to bed can also cause excessive sweating in children. Physiological hyperhidrosis is more common in the head and neck, often occurring within half an hour after falling asleep, and sweating stops in about an hour.

2. Pathological hyperhidrosis refers to hyperhidrosis that occurs in a quiet state. The hyperhidrosis caused by rickets is manifested as excessive sweating on the head. Sweating increases during breastfeeding and after falling asleep, and gradually disappears after a deep sleep. It has nothing to do with the season. Weak and sick children often sweat excessively on their head, chest, and back during daytime activities or after falling asleep at night. This is more common in children around one year old and children before and after weaning. Insufficient food intake or inadequate absorption and utilization of food due to improper feeding can also cause malnutrition and excessive sweating.

If your baby often sweats before dawn or in the early morning when he is empty stomach, it may be caused by hypoglycemia. At this time, you can give him sugar water or cakes to eat, and the sweating will stop. If a child often sweats in the second half of the night, this sweating is often called "night sweats", which is a common symptom of tuberculosis. It is caused by the toxins produced by the tuberculosis bacteria in the body stimulating the body's sympathetic nerves and making them excited. The main areas of sweating are the chest and back. It must be pointed out that if the baby often sweats profusely for unknown reasons or sweats on one side or the lower body, he should go to the hospital for further examination and treatment.

Regarding the question of why children sweat excessively, I believe some parents have a general understanding after reading the above content. If a child sweats too much, it often indicates that the child has an illness or other condition. Excessive sweating will also cause the body to lose some nutrients, causing the child to be weak or malnourished. Parents must pay attention to this.