Why are the palms and soles of the baby hot?

Children's health problems are what parents worry about most. However, many parents will find that their children do not have a fever but have hot palms and soles of feet, but they don’t know what causes it. Many parents are particularly afraid that it will affect their children’s healthy growth, but they don’t know how to help their babies regulate. Let’s understand what is going on with the hot palms and soles of babies.

Why are the palms and soles of the baby hot?

Children usually have hot palms and soles of their feet, which means they have food in their stomach and poor digestion. You can take some medicine to help digest food and eliminate accumulation. Drink plenty of water and don't keep your child too hot. Check if the small red spots on your body are bleeding spots. If so, you must go to the hospital. If it's small red spots it could be heat rash. Take a shower regularly, keep the air circulating, and sweat less.

Western medicine has not yet given a good explanation for this problem, so some doctors may say that this is not a disease, but traditional Chinese medicine has a detailed explanation for this.

It is very rare for the palms and soles to be hot without other symptoms. In the vast majority of cases, hot palms and soles are accompanied by other symptoms that are not noticed or are considered normal. Traditional Chinese medicine divides fever in the palms and soles of the feet into two types: malnutrition and spleen deficiency and blood deficiency and yin deficiency.

1. Malnutrition and spleen deficiency, fever in the palms and soles

One of the reasons is improper diet, that is, some people eat without restraint, eat at irregular times, and often eat snacks. In the long run, it can damage the spleen and stomach functions, cause abnormal metabolism, and form stagnation. With prolonged stagnation, the essence of water and grain cannot be absorbed, forming malnutrition and fever.

The second is that after suffering from other diseases, such as vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, parasitic diseases, etc., if they are not treated properly for a long time, they will damage the qi and blood, leading to malnutrition and the formation of malnutrition and fever. Common symptoms in this area include hot palms and soles, sallow and thin face, dry hair, bloated abdomen, poor appetite, frequent ingestion of foreign objects, restless sleep at night, loose stools, undigested food, and yellow and turbid urine like rice water.

2. Blood deficiency and Yin deficiency, fever in hands and feet

The reasons are mostly due to weak constitution, or lack of conditioning after a serious illness or fever, resulting in damage to yin and blood, and failure to restore vital energy. This part is often manifested as hot palms and soles, weight loss, mental depression, cough with little sputum, dizziness and tinnitus, dry mouth and tongue, hot flashes in the afternoon, red cheeks and night sweats, frequent urination, and constipation.

Fever in the palms and soles is most common due to malnutrition and spleen deficiency, and most of the cases occur in infants under 3 years old.

The above is an introduction to why the palms and soles of the baby's hands and feet are hot. After understanding it, we know that such a phenomenon is generally caused by indigestion or food accumulation, so when conditioning, we must prescribe the right medicine, and take the baby to the hospital for examination and treatment in time when necessary.