Causes and treatment of night sweats in children

The cause of night sweats (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping after waking up) in children may be due to tuberculosis, which should be treated with medication and general therapy. Tuberculosis is a disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is contagious and can develop at any age, and is more likely to be contracted by immunocompromised people, and can be spread through droplet transmission. Tuberculosis is mainly treated with medication, clinically the first line of anti-tuberculosis drugs are isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, etc., which has a strong inhibition and clearance effect on tuberculosis bacilli and can kill tuberculosis bacilli, and it is recommended that children take them under the guidance of a doctor. During the period of time, you need to let the child rest more, avoid overwork. Enhance nutritional intake, conducive to recovery. If the child’s body temperature rises, the symptoms of high fever, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to take antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen and so on. Pediatric night sweats can also be caused by physiological factors, or calcium deficiency, etc. Parents are advised to take their children to the doctor for relevant examinations to clarify the diagnosis and choose the appropriate way of treatment. The above medication should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.