What should I do if my child sweats a lot?

Parents with children may find a problem, that is, their children love to sweat. First of all, children generally sweat more easily than adults, so if the sweating is not particularly exaggerated, you don’t need to worry too much. However, if it is more exaggerated, you should go to the hospital for examination. The following is a detailed introduction to the possible reasons why children love to sweat and the correct practices of parents.

Generally speaking, babies sweat more than adults.

Sweat is secreted by the sweat glands in the skin, which are one of the important structures of the human skin for regulating body temperature. Children have active metabolism and a lot of activity, especially infants and young children, whose skin contains more water and has more microvessels on the surface of the skin, so more water evaporates from the skin. Besides, children have poor self-regulation ability for cold and heat, and they like to sweat even at night, which is normal.

My baby sweats a lot, is this normal or abnormal?

Excessive secretion of sweat glands in babies is called hyperhidrosis. There are two main reasons for baby's excessive sweating: physiological excessive sweating and pathological excessive sweating.

Normal reasons

It is mostly normal for babies to sweat excessively, which is medically called physiological hyperhidrosis. For example, the hot weather in summer causes children to sweat excessively; infants and young children sweat on their heads and necks when they just fall asleep, but the sweat decreases after they fall asleep; babies sweat a lot after playing, running and jumping, but are generally in good condition; in winter, babies wear too many clothes, the quilts are too thick at night, and the indoor air-conditioning temperature is too high, causing babies to overheat and sweat a lot. Some babies sweat only on the head and forehead, commonly known as "steamer head". This is also physiological sweating and parents do not need to worry.

Abnormal reasons

Babies sweat too much due to certain diseases, which manifests as sweating a lot when they are quiet or after falling asleep at night. The sweat can wet the pillow and clothes, which is called "pathological sweating." Such as active rickets in infants and young children, active tuberculosis in children, hypoglycemia in children, excessive dose of antipyretics and mental factors, such as excessive excitement and fear. Some babies have endocrine diseases (such as hyperthyroidism, etc.), which can also cause pathological sweating. In addition to excessive sweating, each disease also has many other disease manifestations. Parents need to take their baby to the hospital for further examinations.

How to take care of babies who sweat a lot

If a mother finds that her baby is sweating a lot, she should first look for the cause of the sweating. If it is physiological excessive sweating, the mother does not need to worry too much. Just eliminate the external factors that cause the baby's excessive sweating. In hot summer, you need to open the windows frequently and use electric fans or air conditioners if possible. Be careful not to let the wind blow directly on the baby, especially when the baby is asleep, because the pores of the skin are open and there is sweat on the body, and the baby may catch a cold easily if blown directly by the wind.

Pay attention to your baby's clothing and blanket. We recommend that babies wear one more piece of clothing than adults so as to train their resistance from an early age. Some mothers feel that their children's hands are cold in winter, so they try to add more clothes for their children. They wear several sweaters, cotton jackets and cotton pants, and cover their children with several quilts at night. You should know that if you dress or cover your baby too much, the baby will sweat a lot and his clothes will get wet with sweat. If you don't change them in time, the baby will use his body temperature to dry the wet clothes, which will make him catch cold easily and cause cold, fever and cough. Babies who sweat excessively may become dehydrated due to excessive water loss in their bodies.

Parents need to replenish their babies with water in time, and it is best to feed them light salt water, because babies sweat just like adults. In addition to losing water, they also lose a certain amount of electrolytes such as sodium, chloride, and potassium. Feeding your baby with light salt water can replenish water and salts such as sodium and chloride, maintain the electrolyte balance in the body, and avoid dehydration and collapse.

Parents should dry their sweating babies promptly. Families that have the conditions should give their babies a sponge bath or a bath, and change their underwear in time. The baby's skin is delicate. Excessive sweat accumulates in skin folds such as the neck, armpits, groin, etc., which can cause skin ulcers and cause skin infections.

If the baby is found to be sweating excessively, the mother should carefully observe whether there are other complications and go to the hospital in time to treat the disease causing the sweating. If infants and young children have active rickets and sweat a lot, they can go to the hospital for treatment, take cod liver oil and calcium powder orally, and do more outdoor activities such as sunbathing. If you find your child suddenly sweating profusely in the early morning of summer, but without fever, and with pale complexion, listlessness, and cold limbs, you should consider the possibility of hypoglycemia. First feed him sugar water at home, and then take him to the hospital immediately for further diagnosis and treatment.

Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. Generally, there is no Western medicine that can treat excessive sweating in babies alone. You can take some Chinese patent medicine or decoction to help stop sweating. For example, use 15 grams of Pseudostellaria heterophylla, 15 grams of roasted Astragalus membranaceus, and 6-8 red dates, decoct them into a soup and take orally. Take Astragalus granules with water, no need to decoct them. Babies with rickets can take Longmu Zhuanggu Granules and other medicines.

The above details some possible reasons why children sweat a lot and how parents should deal with it correctly. I believe everyone has understood that, in fact, there is no need to worry too much about children sweating, because in most cases it is normal, or they will return to normal as they grow up. Of course, if you are really worried, it is better to go to the hospital for a check-up.