What should I do if my baby always sweats?

Babies belong to a group that does not sweat easily, because they move less and their body heat is not that high, so they basically sweat very little unless it is extremely hot. However, many babies sweat very easily, which is particularly abnormal. Many parents are also very worried about whether their children have some disease that leads to this situation. Let me introduce it to you below.

Infants and young children have an active metabolism and are active and lively. Some of them cannot rest even after going to bed at night, so they may sweat on their heads after falling asleep. The so-called physiological hyperhidrosis refers to sweating during sleep when the child is well-developed, healthy, and has no disease.

Parents are often accustomed to deciding the best environmental temperature for their children based on their own subjective feelings, and like to cover their babies with more blankets and keep them tightly covered. Because children's brain and nervous system are not yet fully developed and they are in the growth and development period, their body metabolism is very active. 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.

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.

After listening to my introduction above, you friends will have a preliminary understanding of why babies always sweat so much. I believe you will not be so nervous. In normal times, parents and friends must pay more attention to taking care of their babies, especially the baby’s daily living habits and the food given to the baby, so as to avoid excessive sweating.