Why do children always sweat under their armpits when sleeping at night?

It is not uncommon for children to sweat under their armpits when they sleep at night. Many parents often ignore this problem and think it is normal for children to sweat under their armpits when they sleep at night, and do not pay attention to it. However, it must be pointed out that children's sweating under their armpits when they sleep at night may be ordinary night sweats or may be due to some pathological reasons, so parents cannot completely ignore it. So what are the reasons why children always sweat under their armpits when they sleep at night? What measures should we take to address this issue?

Some children often sweat while sleeping, and the sweat soaks their clothes and pillowcases. This phenomenon is called night sweats in traditional Chinese medicine. Many parents are worried about this and seek medical treatment everywhere, but to little effect. In fact, night sweats in children are not necessarily pathological. Most of them are physiological. Because children's skin contains more moisture, has abundant capillaries, has an active metabolism, and their autonomic nervous system regulation function is not yet fully developed, they are prone to sweating when they are active. If children are too active before going to bed, it can increase the body's heat production, or shortly after eating, gastrointestinal motility increases, gastric juice secretion increases, and sweat gland secretion also increases accordingly. These can cause children to sweat more after sleeping, especially within 2 hours after sweating.

For physiological hyperhidrosis, you can use homemade floating wheat glutinous rice porridge, which can effectively stop sweating. That is, take 50 grams of glutinous rice and floating wheat every day, add appropriate amount of water, cook porridge over low heat, and drink frequently. Or use 15 grams of Astragalus, 20 jujubes, add appropriate amount of water, simmer the soup, drink the soup and eat the jujubes, 1 dose per day.

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, loss of appetite, and mood changes.

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, especially strenuous activities; they should not eat too much before going to bed, and should not be given large amounts of hot food or hot drinks before going to bed; the bedroom temperature should not be too high when sleeping, and children should not wear thick clothes to sleep; the amount of quilts should be increased or decreased as the temperature changes.

For children with pathological night sweats, treatment should be targeted at the cause. If night sweats are caused by calcium deficiency, appropriate supplements of calcium, vitamin D, etc. should be taken. Night sweats caused by tuberculosis should be treated with anti-tuberculosis treatment. 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.

Although it is a common phenomenon for children to sweat under their armpits when they sleep at night, we parents should pay more attention to whether there are other symptoms besides night sweats. We should pay more attention to children's emotions and physical changes in daily life. There is no need to panic if symptoms are found. We should consult relevant medical staff in time. Pay attention to prevent children from catching cold when they sleep, but the quilt should not be too thick, as this may be counterproductive.