It is common for babies to sweat during sleep, and it is not always a symptom of weakness or physical illness. Many parents believe that their children are weak and therefore sweat constantly. In fact, a significant number of children are physiologically sweaty.
Physiological sweating
Physiological hyperhidrosis is often seen on the head and neck, often occurring within half an hour after going to sleep and ceasing to sweat after an hour or so. In addition, the head can sweat after sleep because the metabolism of infants and toddlers is strong, and some of them are active and active, even after they go to bed at night. The so-called physiological sweating refers to the child’s good development and health, without any disease caused by sweating during sleep.
Parents are often used to deciding on the best environmental temperature for their children based on their own subjective feelings, and like to give their babies more covers and cover them up tightly. Children because the neurological development of the brain is not yet perfect, and in the period of growth and development, the metabolism of the body is very vigorous, coupled with the stimulation of overheating, only through sweating, in order to evaporate the body’s heat to regulate the normal body temperature.
In addition, children drinking milk, cream of wheat or eating chocolate before going to sleep can also cause sweating. Some parents give their children milk, cream of wheat, etc. before they fall asleep, and the children’s bodies produce a lot of heat after they fall asleep, mainly through skin sweating to dissipate heat. In addition, high room temperature or excessive warmth are also causes of sweating during sleep, which are all physiological sweating.
Pathological sweating
Pathological sweating occurs in the quiet state of the child, such as rickets sweating, which is manifested in the first half of the night after sleep, when the child’s head sweats significantly. Because the occipital area is stimulated by sweat, the infant often shakes his head and rubs the pillow during sleep, resulting in thinning and loss of hair in the occipital area, forming a typical occipital ring-shaped hair loss, medically known as “occipital baldness”, which is an early manifestation of rickets in infants. The sweating will stop on its own.
If a child sweats not only in the first half of the night, but also in the second half of the night and before dawn, this is a sign of a disease, most often tuberculosis. Tuberculosis also has other manifestations, such as low fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, and flushed cheeks. Children with tuberculosis are prone to sweating during daytime activities called false sweating, and sweating at night is called night sweating. If a child is suspected of having tuberculosis, a lung x-ray or tuberculin test should be done for timely diagnosis and treatment.
Weak children often sweat in patches on the head, chest and back during daytime activities or at night after falling asleep. This is often caused by malnutrition due to improper feeding or poor digestion and absorption. Care should be taken to adjust the feeding method, promote the appetite of the child, and increase the intake of protein, fat and sugar.
If necessary, Chinese herbal medicine can be used to regulate the spleen and stomach incompatibility. Therefore, sweating in children’s sleep should be carefully differentiated and, if necessary, the child should be taken to the hospital for examination and timely treatment if abnormalities are found.
Also attached are other related conditions and analyses that occur in toddlers sleeping: do your own research and compare ~~ normal babies are more quiet and soothing during sleep, breathing evenly without sound, and sometimes there are some funny expressions on their little faces. But if the infant has the following conditions appear, parents should pay great attention!
Symptom one
Infants are sweating profusely when they first fall asleep or when they are about to wake up. Author’s Note: It is safe to say that most infants sweat at night is normal. However, if the sweating is heavy and accompanied by other uncomfortable manifestations, you should pay attention to observe, strengthen care, and go to the hospital for examination and treatment if necessary. For example, if an infant has a quadrilateral head, late teething, or late closure of fontanelle, it may be suffering from rickets.
Symptom 2
The infant is irritable before going to bed at night, and after falling asleep, the whole body is dry, the cheeks are red, breathing is rapid, and the pulse rate increases to more than 110 times/minute. The author reminds that this is a sign that the infant is about to develop a fever. You should pay attention to whether the baby has symptoms of cold or diarrhea, and also pay attention to hydrating him. If the infant has fever symptoms, physical cooling such as alcohol wipes should be taken.
Symptom 3
Infants cry during sleep, often shake their heads, scratch their ears, and sometimes have a fever. The author reminds that the baby may have otitis externa, eczema or otitis media. You should check whether the ear canal is red and swollen and whether there are red spots on the baby’s skin.
Symptom 4
The baby’s limbs shake while sleeping. The author reminds: this is usually caused by excessive fatigue during the day, there is no need to worry. It should be noted that it is a normal reaction for infants to shake when they hear loud noises while sleeping; on the contrary, if they are unresponsive and sleepy on a regular basis, they may be deaf.
Symptom 5
Infants chew constantly after sleeping. The author reminds: the baby may have roundworm disease or eat too much during the day and have indigestion. You can go to the hospital to check, if it is roundworm disease can be used for infants to expel special deworming medicine; if roundworm disease is ruled out, you should arrange the infant’s diet reasonably.
Symptom six
The baby’s fingers or toes are twitching and swollen after falling asleep. The author reminds that parents should check the baby’s fingers carefully to see if they are tangled with hair or other fibrous threads, or if they have been bitten by mosquitoes.
Symptom seven
Babies cannot sleep deeply and often turn their bodies. The author reminds: in fact, it is more common for small babies to roll over in bed after falling asleep. Sometimes the quilt pad is not comfortable or the quilt is too thick, etc. will affect the quality of sleep of infants. Some parents are afraid that their children sleep cold, let him wear clothes to sleep, the child feel uncomfortable, so roll around. Some parents are always worried that their children do not have enough to eat, and they let them eat a lot of things at night before going to bed, so that their children’s stomachs are always bloated and uncomfortable after going to bed, so they cannot sleep soundly.
Symptom eight
Babies often suddenly cry loudly after falling asleep. The author reminds: this is medically known as infant night terrors. If the child has no disease, it is usually caused by adverse stimuli during the day, such as panic and exertion.
So
usually do not scare the child, keep the child quiet and pleasant mood. In short, infants are still in the period when they cannot express their likes and dislikes, parents should arrange enough sleep for them, and should observe more abnormal changes in infants while they are sleeping to prevent delays.
Infants aged 8 – 9 months usually sleep 2 – 3 times during the day for 2 – 6 hours, and 10 hours at night for a total of 14 – 15 hours. Too little sleep affects the infant’s physical development; too much sleep affects the activity time and delays the infant’s intellectual development.