What causes children's sleepiness?

Generally, babies just born from the mother's body need sufficient sleep in order to adapt to the external environment and the needs of physical growth. Therefore, children under two years old basically spend more than half a day sleeping, which is normal. However, if a normal child wants to sleep even when eating during the day, then you as a parent should pay attention, because it is very likely that the child has narcolepsy. What is the reason for children's sleepiness? Why do they still sleep even though they have enough sleep time?

As the name suggests, narcolepsy means being extremely sleepy. It is a neurological disease that can cause uncontrollable sleep. And the time of occurrence cannot be controlled. Don’t take your child’s sleepiness lightly. What causes your child’s sleepiness?

According to the etiology and pathogenesis of narcolepsy, it is divided into five types:

1. Phlegm-dampness obstructing the spleen: often seen in obese people, with symptoms such as chest tightness, poor appetite, uncomfortable bowel movements, nausea and vomiting due to excessive phlegm, heaviness, drowsiness, greasy white tongue coating, and a weak and slow pulse.

2. Insufficient spleen: fatigue, poor appetite, drowsiness after eating, laziness to speak, easy sweating, pale tongue with thin white coating, and weak pulse.

3. Liver depression and spleen deficiency: long-term worry and anxiety, listlessness, dizziness and drowsiness, discomfort in the flanks with frequent dreams, poor appetite, difficulty in defecation, thin white or slightly greasy tongue coating, and thin or astringent pulse.

4. Blood deficiency: Pale and dull complexion, poor appetite, listlessness, palpitations, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, dizziness, pale tongue with a thin white coating, and a deep, thready and weak pulse.

5. Dampness and turbidity obscure the vision: The head feels heavy as if wrapped, the mouth is dry and sticky but no desire to drink water, the chest feels tight but no hunger, bowel movements are not smooth, and the tongue coating is thick and greasy. Drowsiness caused by high mental stress or excessive fatigue coupled with rain. The Neijing says: "Where evil gathers, the Qi must be weak; where righteous Qi exists within, evil cannot invade." The head is the meeting point of all Yang. If it is obscured by dampness and turbidity, the clear Yang will not rise and the turbid Yin will not descend, then one will feel drowsy and sleepy.

What is the reason for children's drowsiness? Parents must take their children to the hospital as soon as possible to diagnose and treat the cause of their drowsiness. The occurrence of narcolepsy is sometimes even accompanied by fever, memory loss and other symptoms. Parents must not take it lightly and must seek timely treatment to prevent problems.