What should I do if my baby sweats a lot on his back while sleeping?

Babies have a high metabolism and poor ability to regulate their body temperature. In addition, babies are usually lively and active in daily life. They will not get tired even if they play from morning to night. Therefore, some babies are prone to sweating on their backs when they sleep. Some parents are used to deciding whether to add or remove clothes for their children based on their own perception of the environment. This prevents the heat in the child's body from being released well, which is not good for the child.

Children's brain and nervous system are not yet fully developed, and they are in a period of growth and development. Their body metabolism is very active, and coupled with the stimulation of overheating, they can only regulate normal body temperature by sweating to evaporate the heat in the body. In addition, drinking milk, malted milk or eating chocolate before going to bed can also cause sweating in children. Some parents give their children milk, malted milk, etc. before they go to sleep. After the child falls asleep, the body produces a large amount of heat, which is mainly dissipated through sweating through the skin. In addition, too high room temperature or excessive warmth can also cause children to sweat while sleeping, which are all physiological sweating.

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.

Because the baby's brain and body temperature regulation are not yet mature, he will sweat a lot. This is a normal phenomenon. Sweating can help regulate body temperature, so parents don't need to worry too much. In addition, in daily life, pay attention to your baby's physical condition to add or remove clothes, and prepare more pure cotton towels to wipe your baby's sweat. If you can't tell why your baby is sweating, take him to the hospital for a check-up and then treat him accordingly.