Frequent sniffing of a child’s hands may be a normal reaction, or it may be caused by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
1. Normal reaction: If a child touches something with a smell on his hands, leaving a certain odor on his hands, the child may frequently sniff his hands, which is a normal reaction and generally does not require special treatment.
2. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): OCD belongs to a kind of psychosomatic disease. Modern children’s mental pressure, on the one hand, parents may be too high expectations, on the one hand, the child may also have higher requirements for their own, leading to the child in a state of long-term anxiety, at this time there may be obsessive-compulsive disorder, such as the child by forcing themselves to sniff their hands to obtain a sense of security, to relieve the inner anxiety.
Frequent sniffing of the child’s hands, there may also be other reasons, such as autism, etc., it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.