Reasons why children sweat when sleeping

After children go to bed, parents will still check on them at night to see if they are covered with quilts and whether they have caught a cold. Sometimes parents will find that their children sweat a lot after sleeping, and it may be that the room is not hot. So what is going on? In fact, the reason why children sweat on their heads when they sleep is not only due to heat, but may also be due to other factors. Here are some reasons why children sweat on their heads when they sleep.

Physiological sweating. Infants and young children have active metabolism and are active. 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. Some parents give their children milk, malted milk, etc. before they go to sleep. After the child falls asleep, the body produces a large amount of heat, which is mainly dissipated through sweating through the skin. In addition, too high room temperature or excessive warmth can also cause children to sweat while sleeping, which are all physiological sweating.

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 reading the article, you will know that there are many reasons why children sweat on their heads while sleeping. So when you find that your child sweats on his head while sleeping, do not pull the quilt away easily. It may not be caused by the hot temperature. When parents find that their children's heads sweat while sleeping, they need to consider many aspects. At the same time, in order to prevent their children from sweating on their heads while sleeping, they should also pay more attention to the precautions mentioned above.