Ms. Lin, a new mother, is concerned about every change in her baby’s condition. Recently, she found that her baby sweats easily, sweats when she eats and sweats when she sleeps, and she has to change her baby’s clothes several times a day. When the baby sweats, the parents turn down the air conditioning, and fear that the baby will be cold, so they wear more clothes to cover it. As a result, the baby is still sweating, and even drenched in sweat. Ms. Lin could not help but panic, obviously not hot, but the baby always sweat, is not a disease?
The fact that babies are more sweaty than adults is due to the physiology of infants and children.
On the one hand, because the brain’s nervous system is not yet well developed, the cortical inhibition of the plant nerves is poor, while the secretion of sweat glands is regulated by the plant nerves. This leads to poor self-regulation of hot and cold, one of the manifestations is sweating; on the other hand, the baby is particularly “watery”, the skin water content is large, especially the newborn baby, their body water content up to 85%, much higher than adults. In addition, the baby’s skin surface microvascular distribution, the evaporation of water by the skin is also more; in addition, children’s lively and active habits will also lead to sweating.
Another external cause of baby sweating is the excessive “care” of elders. For one thing, the elders always “think for themselves”, think that the child should wear more, in case they catch a cold? So, when the baby sleeps covered with a quilt, and then put on a layer of adult quilt, the baby sweat is not surprising. Secondly, elders are always worried that babies do not have enough nutrition and high-calorie foods can also cause babies to sweat.
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, children are “fire”, often “the spleen is often insufficient, the liver is often surplus”. Children are more afraid of heat than adults and sweat more easily than adults.
If your baby’s growth and development is normal, his or her mental state is good, and there are no other abnormalities, just more sweating, there is nothing to worry about. This is medically known as physiological hyperhidrosis and generally means that the child is developing well and is in good health. In general, excessive sweating due to illness is not common, and most cases of “excessive sweating” are relatively normal.
The time and place where your baby sweats the most We will say “give it your best shot” when we cheer you on, but it’s not true. “The only way for a baby with a strong metabolism to regulate its normal body temperature is to evaporate heat through sweating.
Eat and drink enough, the baby into a sweet sleep. After the baby falls asleep, all systems in the body are quiet, but the heat accumulated in the body has not yet been distributed; after eating milk and going to sleep, the stomach continues to work, the plant nerves are still in a state of excitement, and sweat will increase. Generally speaking, 1 to 2 hours after the baby falls asleep, the sweat starts to subside, and the sweating will not occur during the following sleep.
The most popular time for babies to sweat is when they are feeding and sleeping. The sweating is concentrated on the head, neck, back, and heart of the hands and feet, which are mostly exposed. The beads of sweat are dense on the head, a mold of hair, hands are wet; back is also sweating profusely, and even soaked clothes and pillows.
Baby milk, sleep sweating, parents can take care of the following aspects: 1, maintain the appropriate temperature in the room, too warm will lead to sweating, too cool is also afraid to incur a cold; 2, wear the appropriate amount of clothing, cover also according to the room temperature to make appropriate adjustments to the baby warm or back there is a thin sweat as the standard, comfortable; 3, keep the baby’s skin dry. You can stuff a dry, soft handkerchief on the baby’s back or neck, dry the baby’s body diligently, and change the baby’s sweaty clothes diligently.
The key to caring for a sweating baby is to dress and drink water Physiological sweating is normal and positive. Do not let the wind blow directly against your sweating baby, and do not suddenly enter a cooler air conditioning room when your baby is sweating, as this can lead to colds or gastrointestinal discomfort.
Baby sweating, how to dress is the key. Generally speaking, give your baby comfortable cotton clothes, cotton texture is more likely to breathe and absorb sweat. The thickness of the clothing should be appropriate, feel the baby’s front chest and back, if warm and no sweat is the right thickness; sweat may also wear more; dry and cool may be too little to wear.
You can stuff a small handkerchief on your baby’s back to wipe sweat when your baby is sweating. When wiping sweat, the neck, armpits, groin and other parts that are prone to residual sweat should be focused on wiping. It is also important to bathe your baby and change clean clothes to keep your skin dry.
It is important for babies to be hydrated as they move a lot and sweat a lot. Especially in the summer heat season, you can appropriately supplement some light salt water and trace element-rich food, which can timely replenish the lost salt and prevent dehydration. Never, do not give sweating baby intake of large amounts of cold drinks, which can lead to sudden contraction of baby capillaries, evolving into colds and gastrointestinal discomfort.