What is the reason why children sweat a lot in summer?

I believe that parents know their children’s physique very well. For many babies, they often sweat while sleeping. What are the reasons for all these? In order to help babies fall asleep better and sleep peacefully for their parents. Many parents will look for the cause of sweating. However, parents should not worry too much. It is normal for this child to sweat within 2 hours. So, what are the reasons why children sweat a lot in summer? Let me introduce them to you one by one!

Reasons why children sweat a lot in summer:

Generally speaking, babies sweat more than adults. Sweat is secreted by the sweat glands in the skin, which are one of the important structures of the human skin for regulating body temperature. Children have active metabolism and a lot of activity, especially infants and young children, whose skin contains more water and has more microvessels on the surface of the skin, so more water evaporates from the skin. Besides, children have poor self-regulation ability for cold and heat, and they like to sweat even at night, which is normal.

It is common for babies to sweat during sleep, and it is not always a symptom of weakness or illness. Many parents believe that their children’s constant sweating is due to their weak constitution. In fact, a considerable number of children suffer from physiological hyperhidrosis. 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.

Pathological sweating occurs when the child is in a quiet state, such as sweating caused by rickets, which manifests as obvious sweating on the child's head in the first half of the night after falling asleep. Because the pillow is irritated by sweat, babies often shake their heads and rub against the pillow when they sleep, resulting in sparse hair and loss of hair on the pillow, forming typical annular hair loss on the pillow, which is medically known as "occipital baldness". It is an early manifestation of rickets in infants. As long as vitamin D and calcium are supplemented in time, rickets can be controlled and sweating will stop by itself.

The baby sweats a lot when sleeping in the summer, how should the mother take care of it

1. If a mother finds that her baby sweats a lot, she should first look for the cause of the sweating. If it is physiological excessive sweating, the mother does not need to worry too much. Just eliminate the external factors that cause the baby's excessive sweating. In hot summer, you need to open the windows frequently and use electric fans or air conditioners if possible. Be careful not to let the wind blow directly on the baby, especially when the baby is asleep, because the pores of the skin are open and there is sweat on the body, and the baby may catch a cold easily if blown directly by the wind.

2. Pay attention to your baby’s clothing and blanket. We recommend that babies wear one more piece of clothing than adults so as to train their resistance from an early age. Some mothers feel that their children's hands are cold in winter, so they try to add more clothes for their children. They wear several sweaters, cotton jackets and cotton pants, and cover their children with several quilts at night. You should know that if you dress or cover your baby too much, the baby will sweat a lot and his clothes will get wet with sweat. If you don't change them in time, the baby will use his body temperature to dry the wet clothes, which will make him catch cold easily and cause cold, fever and cough. Babies who sweat excessively may become dehydrated due to excessive water loss in their bodies.

3. Parents need to replenish their babies with water in time. It is best to feed them light salt water, because babies sweat just like adults. In addition to losing water, they also lose a certain amount of electrolytes such as sodium, chloride, and potassium. Feeding your baby with light salt water can replenish water and salts such as sodium and chloride, maintain the electrolyte balance in the body, and avoid dehydration and collapse.

The editor has introduced to you the reasons why children sweat a lot in summer and its prevention measures. Finally, the editor would like to remind all parents. When the child sweats, it is best to dry the baby's body in time. If you find that your child has other adverse symptoms, you should seek medical attention immediately. To prevent the child’s condition from getting worse. Best of all, I hope your children will always be healthy!