Reasons for five-month-old babies to sweat

Many people have their own opinions about sweating, but experts say that a moderate amount of sweating can excrete toxins from the human body, but excessive sweating will take away salt from the body and may lead to dehydration. In our lives, apart from people who love sports, the only people who sweat easily are children. My baby is five months old. No matter it is winter or summer, he sweats a lot every day. Why is this? Today we invited relevant early childhood experts to explain to us the reasons why five-month-old babies sweat.

The secretion of sweat glands is related to the excitability of the sympathetic nerves and is not directly controlled by the parasympathetic nerves. Therefore, any cause that can increase the excitability of the sympathetic nerves can cause excessive sweating.

1. Physiological hyperhidrosis refers to sweating during sleep when the child is well-developed, healthy, and has no disease. The reason is that children's brain nerves are not yet fully developed, and children are in the period of growth and development. Their body metabolism is very active. If they are a little excited and stimulated, they will sweat to evaporate the heat in the body and maintain normal body temperature. 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. The baby is overheated and can only regulate his body temperature by sweating. In addition, drinking milk, eating chocolate, etc. before going to bed can also cause excessive sweating in children. 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.

2. Pathological hyperhidrosis refers to hyperhidrosis that occurs in a quiet state. The hyperhidrosis caused by rickets is manifested as excessive sweating on the head. Sweating increases during breastfeeding and after falling asleep, and gradually disappears after a deep sleep. It has nothing to do with the season. Weak and sick children often sweat excessively on their head, chest, and back during daytime activities or after falling asleep at night. This is more common in children around one year old and children before and after weaning. Insufficient food intake or inadequate absorption and utilization of food due to improper feeding can also cause malnutrition and excessive sweating. If your baby often sweats before dawn or in the early morning when he is empty stomach, it may be caused by hypoglycemia. At this time, you can give him sugar water or cakes to eat, and the sweating will stop. If a child often sweats in the second half of the night, this sweating is often called "night sweats", which is a common symptom of tuberculosis. It is caused by the toxins produced by the tuberculosis bacteria in the body stimulating the body's sympathetic nerves and making them excited. The main areas of sweating are the chest and back. It must be pointed out that if the baby often sweats profusely for unknown reasons or sweats on one side or the lower body, he should go to the hospital for further examination and treatment.

The above are the reasons why five-month-old babies sweat. I hope our explanation can help everyone. Five-month-old babies begin to grow and become very energetic. Their diet is no longer limited to milk powder and breast milk, but they need more complementary foods. Therefore, parents need to pay more attention to the sweating of five-month-old babies in order to protect their skin.