Is it ok for a baby to have a cold and sweat?

The organs of newborn babies are not yet fully developed, and they cannot express their discomfort. They will only cry when they are uncomfortable. In many cases, parents dress and bathe their children according to their own ideas, so it is common for babies to catch colds, especially for babies with weak constitutions. If you are sweating after catching a cold, don't rush to take off your clothes, otherwise it will make the cold worse. The following introduces the reasons why babies sweat due to colds. Let’s take a look.

During a cold, people with weak body tend to sweat easily. After sweating, you must avoid being exposed to the wind, otherwise the cold will be aggravated. Get more rest, improve the nutrition of food, and eat some fruits and vegetables properly, which can also have a good effect.

It is mostly normal for babies to sweat excessively, which is medically called physiological hyperhidrosis. For example, the hot weather in summer causes children to sweat excessively; infants and young children sweat on their heads and necks when they just fall asleep, but the sweat decreases after they fall asleep; babies sweat a lot after playing, running and jumping, but are generally in good condition; in winter, babies wear too many clothes, the quilts are too thick at night, and the indoor air-conditioning temperature is too high, causing babies to overheat and sweat a lot. Some babies sweat only on the head and forehead, commonly known as "steamer head". This is also physiological sweating and parents do not need to worry.

Wind-heat colds often have more prominent fever than wind-cold colds, and there is slight sweating, which is different from the wind-cold colds in which there is no sweating. In addition, the symptoms of the throat are also more prominent, there will be laryngeal nodules, which is what we usually call redness and swelling of the tonsils, sore throat, dry cough, and other symptoms such as red tongue, thin yellow fur, floating purple fingerprints, and a floating pulse. Some children are willing to drink water, and even older children will take the initiative to say that they are thirsty and ask for water to drink. At the same time, the stool is yellowish and dry, which is the characteristic of wind-heat cold.

Recommended dietary prescriptions for treating wind-heat cold

(1) Boil fresh Houttuynia cordata and rock sugar in water and drink the water after boiling to clear the lungs and relieve cough;

(2) Brewing chrysanthemum and green tea together, and adding a little wolfberry, is very effective in clearing liver fire and dryness, especially in autumn.

(3) Boiling winter melon peel with cicada shells can also treat wind-heat colds.

To sum up, large changes in indoor temperature will increase the chance of your baby catching a cold. During the season when colds are prevalent, do not take your baby to public places. I hope your baby can grow up healthily.