What causes baby to sweat easily?

In the hot summer, many mothers are particularly troubled by babies' prone sweating. They don't know what's wrong with their babies. Mothers always worry whether their children are sick and why their babies sweat a lot when sleeping. Dear mothers, don’t worry. Now we will talk about the reason why babies sweat easily, which is of concern to all mothers. Let me give you a simple explanation of this issue.

Sweating helps regulate the body's internal temperature. Children's autonomic nervous system is not yet fully developed, so they are particularly prone to sweating. In addition, sweating can help children excrete metabolic waste and lubricate the skin.

Because children grow and develop rapidly, their metabolism is more vigorous than that of adults, and they generate relatively more heat and metabolic products. At the same time, children's autonomic nervous system is not fully developed. When they fall asleep, the sympathetic nerves in charge of the sweat glands will be temporarily excited due to the loss of brain control, resulting in excessive sweating. This is completely normal and is physiological sweating. For example, some babies are very active during the day, have a high metabolism, and their nervous system is in a highly excited state. When they fall asleep at night, because the nervous system is not yet fully developed, the vigorous metabolic process cannot be reduced quickly. Therefore, a large amount of heat energy is released in the form of sweating in a short period of time, which will cause night sweats.

In addition, some 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, which will also lead to increased physiological sweating in children.

Coping strategies:

Don't worry too much about physiological sweating. It is important to reduce children's activities during the day, especially before going to bed. Do not give them large amounts of hot food and hot drinks. Bedding should be increased or decreased according to the season, and children should not be covered with too thick a quilt. In addition, drinking milk, malted milk or eating chocolate before going to bed can also cause sweating in children.

The characteristics of physiological sweating are: it is more common in children aged 3-7 years old, often occurs within half an hour after the child falls asleep, and generally stops slowly within 2 hours after falling asleep. Sweating is mainly on the forehead, and may gradually disappear as the child grows older. There are no symptoms such as sleep disturbance, irritability, and startle in daily life.

Above, we have given a brief explanation to all mothers about the reasons why babies sweat easily and how to deal with it. We hope it can be of great help to all mothers. When your baby starts sweating again, you might as well try the above methods. Children who sweat easily do not have a serious illness, so mothers do not need to worry too much. They just need to pay more attention to the children's living environment.