Baby sweats while sleeping

For some babies, sweating is a normal physiological phenomenon, but some diseases can also cause babies to sweat a lot, such as high fever. Is it normal for babies to sweat when they are sleeping? For new mothers, there is not much experience to judge whether the baby's sweating is due to illness, so we will briefly introduce some tips in this regard below.

1. Physiological sweating

It is common for babies to sweat during sleep because of their active metabolism. Generally, they will start sweating within half an hour after falling asleep and will stop sweating about an hour after falling asleep. This phenomenon is a normal physiological phenomenon and does not require special medication. Just pay attention to daily care, drink more water and change clothes frequently.

2. Pathological sweating

Baby night sweats: It often occurs when the baby is sleeping. It is a symptom characterized by abnormal sweating after falling asleep and stopping sweating after waking up. The following situations are more common in babies with night sweats:

①Caused by calcium deficiency.

It manifests as obvious sweating on the head in the first half of the night after falling asleep. Because the pillow is stimulated by sweat, babies often shake their heads while sleeping, causing friction with the pillow, resulting in sparse hair and falling out on the pillow, forming the typical "pillow baldness".

Countermeasures: As long as you supplement vitamin D in time, the night sweats caused by calcium deficiency will gradually stop.

② Caused by tuberculosis

If the baby sweats not only in the first half of the night, but also in the second half of the night and before dawn, it is mostly a symptom of disease, the most common of which is tuberculosis. Tuberculosis also has other symptoms, such as low fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, flushed cheeks, etc.

Countermeasures: If you suspect your baby is infected with tuberculosis, you should have a lung X-ray or a tuberculin test for timely diagnosis and treatment.

③Spleen deficiency is susceptible to

Children who are susceptible to spleen deficiency usually show poorer growth and development than normal children. Symptoms may also include spontaneous sweating, night sweats, crying at night, anorexia, thinning and dull hair, pale or sallow complexion, unpalatable stools (or dry or shapeless), fatigue, cold hands and feet, or hot palms, frequent colds and coughs, etc. The tongue is pale, the tongue coating is thin or there is desquamation, and the pulse is thready and weak. Laboratory tests may reveal anemia, low immunoglobulin, and trace element deficiencies.