What to do if your child's head sweats while sleeping

It is a very common thing that children often sweat on their heads when they sleep. Generally speaking, some children sweat on their heads when they sleep because the indoor temperature is too high, while some children sweat because of weak constitution. Therefore, to alleviate the symptoms of children sweating on their heads when they sleep, we must obviously start with the cause of the disease. I will explain it to you below, and I hope you all benefit from it.

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.

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 and 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. You can also take food supplements, such as drinking Life Sunshine Colostrum, to enhance your disease resistance. Children are immature, and their bronchi, gastrointestinal tract, and immune systems are relatively weak, making them more susceptible to infection. Bovine colostrum is rich in immunoglobulins, which can neutralize and eliminate pathogenic bacteria in the intestines, promote the growth of beneficial bacteria, and prevent the occurrence of intestinal diseases; at the same time, immune substances such as immunoglobulins, anti-inflammatory factors, macrophages, etc. can enhance resistance and reduce the chances of colds, pneumonia, diarrhea and other diseases. 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.

What should you do if your child's head sweats while sleeping? As mentioned above, when parents deal with the situation of their child's head sweating while sleeping, finding the cause and taking precautions is the most direct and effective method. Since the cause may be due to disease factors, when a child sweats on his head while sleeping, it must be resolved as soon as possible.