Causes of sweating in children’s sleep

Si Si is now 18 months old, smart and smart, and is loved by everyone. Not only can she walk and run, but she can also climb stairs, and she can call out “mommy and daddy”, and her little mouth is constantly idle, muttering a language that only she can understand. Every time she went to the health clinic for checkups, the doctors praised her for her good growth and development. However, Si Si was sweating profusely every night, especially when she just fell asleep, which made her mother very worried, wondering if it was caused by a lack of nutrients in her body. The sweating problem that Si Si’s mother is worried about is also one of the common parenting problems encountered in child health clinics. Like Si Si, she sweats a lot within one to two hours after she falls asleep, usually with a heavy sweat, and some babies sweat a lot and wet their pajamas, which is a normal sweating phenomenon. So why do children sweat so easily? This is mainly related to the child’s own characteristics, children are naturally active, energetic, whether it is not yet walking babies or children running around, as long as they are not in a sleep state, they are basically not idle, will not walk the baby like to stretch their hands and feet, toss and turn, held in the mother’s arms will also body twisting and turning; will walk is walking and running, climbing up and down, rummaging through boxes. This amount of movement makes the body generate a lot of heat, once the baby starts to sleep, the body systems are at rest, but the accumulated heat in the body has not been distributed, at this time to sweat these excess heat out. The vast majority of babies sleep sweating belongs to this situation, sleep down the first 1 to 2 hours full of sweat, but after this burst of sweat, the next sleep process basically will not sweat. Therefore, the mother does not need to rush, but when taking care of the baby should pay attention to the baby just sleep down do not give the child a very thick quilt, sweating baby can also be under its pillow and behind a dry towel, and so the body sweat out, draw off the permeable towel, and then in the cover of the appropriate bedding. You should know that covering too hot can also make your baby sleepy and kick the blanket. But there are also some cases that cause babies to sweat when they sleep, which may be abnormal. For one thing, some babies are born thin or premature, or after birth without timely vitamin D supplements or adequate sunlight exposure, resulting in vitamin D deficiency in the baby’s body and leading to vitamin D deficiency rickets, such babies show a love of sweating, sweating without moving, and this sweating and sleep time is not related to anything. There is also a case of sweating all over the body after sleeping until the middle of the night, while there is no sweating at the beginning of sleep, and this is called night sweating, and that may be related to tuberculosis bacteria infection. Then, in the former case, after consulting a doctor, giving timely vitamin D, outdoor sunlight exposure and calcium supplements can make the symptoms of sweating better; in the latter case, with the popularization of vaccination, babies are vaccinated with BCG vaccine to prevent tuberculosis, making night sweats during sleep due to tuberculosis very rare already. Although, the vast majority of babies love to sweat during sleep is a normal phenomenon, in the daily care of children, mothers should still pay attention to the following points to ensure the healthy growth of babies. First of all, in the clothing wear, to light, suitable for the best, do not wear too much, cover too hot; at the beginning of sleep, you can cover less, wait for the baby to sleep and sweat, and then give and season appropriate quilt cover. The child’s clothing and cover can refer to adults, but should not be more than adults. Secondly, the sweaty baby should be given water and mineral supplements in time, especially some micronutrient supplements, usually in the diet arrangement should pay attention to give the child more food rich in zinc, iron, calcium. In addition, to ensure that children have a certain amount of time outdoors every day, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, children should go outdoors to ensure that there is sufficient sunlight exposure, and should be vaccinated on time.