Why do children sweat a lot when sleeping?

Sweating is very common. Many people sweat when they sleep. Food is a good choice to improve this problem. Food is very effective in alleviating physical problems. Reasonable arrangement in daily diet can also help all aspects of the body. So why do children sweat a lot when they sleep? Many parents are not clear about this situation of their children. The following is a detailed introduction.

Why do children sweat a lot when sleeping?

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. 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.

There are many reasons why children sweat excessively when sleeping, both physiological and pathological. Physiological hyperhidrosis is caused by hot weather, high room temperature, excessive clothing or too thick quilts. Some parents like to feed their children a bottle of milk before going to bed. After feeding, the child falls asleep quietly. However, this is the stage of heat production after feeding, so the child often sweats profusely.

After understanding why children sweat a lot when they sleep, when children have such problems, it is necessary to relieve them in time. However, it should be noted that if the cause of the child's sweating is unclear, it is necessary to conduct various physical examinations on the child so that you can have some understanding of the child's specific situation and avoid the failure to discover the child's illness in time.