Why does my child sweat a lot when sleeping?

What happens when a child sweats profusely while sleeping? In our daily life, if the weather is hot or after exercise, we will sweat. This is usually normal, but some people do sweat when they sleep at night. This often affects the daily sleep quality of children. What is going on? For this question, we will give you a detailed answer below.

(1) Physiological night sweats: In childhood, the skin is very tender, contains more water, has abundant capillaries, has active metabolism, and the autonomic nervous system regulation function is not yet perfect, so children are prone to sweating during activities. If children are too active before going to bed, the metabolism of various organs in the body will be active, which can increase the body's heat production. During sleep, the blood vessels in the skin will dilate, the sweat glands will secrete more, and the child will sweat profusely to help dissipate heat.

Secondly, eating before going to bed can enhance gastrointestinal motility, increase gastric juice secretion, and increase sweat gland secretion, which can cause children to sweat more after falling asleep, especially within the first 2 hours of falling asleep. In addition, if the indoor temperature is too high, or the quilt is too thick, or electric blanket is used, it can cause profuse sweating during sleep.

(2) Pathological night sweats: Some children sweat mainly in the first half of the night after falling asleep, which is often caused by low blood calcium. Low calcium can easily increase the excitability of the sympathetic nerves, just like turning on the "faucet" of the sweat glands. This situation is particularly common in children with rickets. However, night sweats are not a unique symptom of rickets. A comprehensive analysis should be conducted based on the child's feeding conditions, outdoor activities, etc., and blood calcium, blood phosphorus and wrist bone X-rays should also be checked to determine whether the child has active rickets.

The above is an introduction to the knowledge about "Why do children sweat profusely while sleeping?" I believe that through the above introduction, everyone is familiar with the knowledge about children sweating profusely while sleeping. Therefore, as parents, we need to pay more attention to those children who sweat at night. We need to pay attention to physical cooling measures for the children. At the same time, if there is a fever, it is recommended to check it out.