Reasons why babies sweat a lot at night

Everyone knows that children often sweat a lot when they sleep at night, and sometimes the entire quilt will get wet. Parents and friends should pay attention to this phenomenon. If your baby sweats a lot when sleeping at night, this phenomenon may be caused by calcium deficiency or night sweats.

Children have a purely yang body, their physique is delicate and weak, their muscles and skin are very thin, and they are particularly prone to sweating compared to adults. It is normal for children to sweat only a small amount. On the contrary, if the child does not sweat at all, you should consider that there is a problem with sweat excretion. If the amount of sweating is excessive and accompanied by other symptoms, you should consider whether the child is sick. Children's sweating may manifest as sweating on the hands and feet, sweating in the chest and heart, sweating on half of the body, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, etc.

Spontaneous sweating refers to spontaneous sweating with the slightest movement during the day or night without the use of diaphoretic drugs or the elimination of other stimuli such as hot weather, thick clothing, strenuous activity, etc. Most of these children have weak Yang Qi and lose body fluids.

Night sweats are also called "night sweats". Sweating occurs during sleep and stops after waking up. Generally, children's night sweats are caused by yin deficiency and heat disturbance, which makes it impossible for the heart fluid to be retained. For spontaneous sweating, you should pay attention to whether your child is listless, easily fatigued, has a pale complexion, sweats a lot during activities, is prone to colds, has a low voice, etc. Such children should pay attention to their diet and avoid eating raw, cold, icy foods and hard foods that are difficult to digest. Instead, you should eat more foods that have a spleen-strengthening effect, such as japonica rice, coix seed, yam, lentils, lotus seeds, jujube, etc. These can not only strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, but also harmonize the stomach, and can be cooked into porridge.

Night sweats, children sweat while sleeping and stop sweating when awake, thin body, dry and dull skin, red cheeks, hot hands and feet, dry stools, yellow urine, irritability, etc., are manifestations of Yin deficiency. Avoid fried, deep-fried, grilled, smoked, greasy and spicy foods. You should eat more foods that nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid, such as millet, wheat flour and various grains and soy products, milk, eggs, lean meat, fish, etc. You should also eat more fruits and vegetables, especially apples, sugarcane, bananas, grapes, hawthorn, watermelon and other fruits rich in vitamins.

In this article, we learned that babies sweat a lot at night. We need to confirm what the reason is. Generally speaking, in daily life, we should pay more attention to the child's diet and eat more calcium-rich foods. We should also take the child to check whether it is night sweats?