Sweating is a normal part of the body, however, babies sweat differently from adults, always worrying mothers. Which one is normal and which one is not? Do you need to give your baby something? Mothers really need to know.
Babies sweat more than adults!
Compared to adults, the skin of infants and children has a greater water content, and the distribution of microvasculature on the surface of the skin is also more, and the activity and metabolism is high, so the water evaporated by the skin is also more. In addition, the secretion of sweat glands is regulated by the plant nerves, the baby’s neuroendocrine regulation function is relatively poor, the cerebral cortex on the plant nerve inhibition function is poor, even in the night sleep, the plant nerves are still in a state of excitement, so the baby just sleep is also easy to sweat.
These conditions make babies sweat
Most babies sweat is a normal physiological phenomenon, medically known as “physiological hyperhidrosis”, and can usually be found for obvious external reasons or triggers. For example
1, hot climate or indoor air conditioning temperature is too high and the baby sweats a lot.
2, baby sweating after games, running and jumping, strenuous exercise.
3.Baby wearing too many clothes.
4, too thick covers at night, so that the baby overheats and sweats a lot.
5, ate spicy and stimulating food, such as chili pepper, etc. can also lead to excessive sweating.
If your baby sweats a lot, your parents don’t have to worry too much, but you should first actively look for the reason why your baby sweats a lot. If it is physiological sweating, just remove the external factors that cause your baby to sweat a lot.
You need to take some zinc supplements if you sweat a lot
Children who sweat a lot tend to lose more water, salt and zinc, resulting in lower blood zinc. Zinc is an essential trace element that is closely related to children’s growth and development, immune function, vision, and sexual development. Children have a high demand for zinc during their growth and development. A lot of sweating can cause excessive zinc loss, resulting in zinc deficiency in the body and a natural loss of appetite. Moms and dads can add some zinc-rich foods to their babies, such as oysters, lean meat, and animal offal. In addition, parents should give their children more water, soup and porridge when the baby sweats a lot, and eat nutritious food to ensure the metabolic needs.
Pathological sweating combined with other tests
Some babies sweating is caused by illness, and the cause is complex. The following are common.
Childhood obesity: obese babies will sweat profusely even if they move or usually walk.
Rickets: excessive sweating is an important characteristic performance of the active phase of rickets, usually also accompanied by night crying, occipital baldness, ping-pong head, square skull, enlarged fontanelle and delayed closure, and more head sweating.
Heart and lung disease: Children with congenital heart disease and pneumonia combined with heart failure also often have profuse sweating.
Tuberculosis: Babies with tuberculosis not only sweat a lot in the first half of the night, but also in the second half of the night before dawn, called “night sweats”. It is also accompanied by low or high fever in the afternoon, flushed face, weight loss and other symptoms, some may also have a cough, enlarged liver and spleen, enlarged lymph nodes and other symptoms.
Hypoglycemia: Excessive sweating on an empty stomach should be considered a manifestation of hypoglycemia, with pale face, cold sweat, or even profuse sweating and cold extremities.
Medicated hyperhidrosis: after taking antipyretic drugs, causing profuse sweating.
To determine pathological hyperhidrosis in babies, in addition to the analysis of medical history and signs, relevant examinations should be performed to make the correct diagnosis and treatment, and parents should not jump to conclusions and casually give their children medication. If you find that your child has these symptoms, you can take your child to the hospital for an examination and describe your child’s symptoms in detail to your doctor so that you can make a correct diagnosis in a timely manner.
Sweaty baby care is important
Sweaty baby care smart, in order to prevent baby skin diseases, but also to reduce the chances of baby colds.
1, underwear wear pure cotton texture. Cotton clothes are breathable, sweat-absorbing, and comfortable to wear close to the body.
2, adjust the room temperature. Every day in the morning, in the middle and evening adhere to regular ventilation, try to open the window for 30 minutes each time. Summer can use electric fans or air conditioning to cool down, but pay attention to the wind can not blow directly on the baby, especially after the baby fell asleep, the skin pores open, the body sweat, direct blowing easy to get cold;.
3, clothes and quilts should not be too thick. Baby clothes and quilt thickness should be comparable to adults, do not think the child is small, give the baby more wear or more cover.
4, diligent bathing. Diligently give the baby a bath to keep the skin clean and dry. This is because the baby’s skin is very delicate, too much sweat accumulates in the skin folds such as the neck, armpits, groin, etc., which can easily lead to heat rash and cause skin infections.
5. Change clothes in time. Clothes are soaked with sweat, if not replaced in time, the baby will have to cover dry with their own body temperature, which is easy for the baby to get cold, causing discomfort such as colds, fever and coughs.
6, drink more water or soup. Babies who sweat severely, because the body loses more water, and, sweating will make the body lose a certain amount of sodium, chloride, potassium and other electrolytes, therefore, parents should give their babies more water, and some purple cabbage soup, green bean soup, tomato and egg soup to replenish water.