My baby is now just over half a year old, but I noticed a lot of sweating on his head while breastfeeding at over 5 months. There are also obvious signs of night sweats at night. A friend said that this is a calcium and zinc deficiency in the body and suggested me to take my baby for a trace element test, is this necessary? Many mothers have such doubts, so what’s going on with the excessive sweating? I, baby sweating is not a disease most of the baby sweating is normal, generally under normal circumstances, children have a strong metabolism, and active, through the skin evaporation of water, so sweating is often more than adults On the other hand, children’s self-regulation of hot and cold ability is poor, even at night also love to sweat, this is a normal phenomenon, so the mother does not need to worry about the baby is not a weak body or sick The normal physiological sweating often occurs within half an hour after the baby goes to sleep and does not last all night. Sweating is usually above the head and neck, especially the forehead, but the back of the chest can also sweat, but not wet. After the baby enters deep sleep, the sweating slowly decreases. The baby’s brain nerve development is not perfect, in a period of rapid development, the body metabolism is strong, need to evaporate the body heat through sweat to maintain the normal body temperature, and the baby sweating the most vigorous parts is the head. As your baby’s nervous system develops, sweating will gradually improve. Possible causes: Wearing and covering too much: often, the older generation is always worried about the child freezing, and when sleeping, constantly dressing and covering the child can easily lead to sweating, especially in summer (in fact, babies are more afraid of heat than cold); strenuous exercise: when playing with excitement, it is particularly easy to sweat; diet: eating milk too quickly or eating spicy and irritating food, etc. Sweating is not a calcium or zinc deficiency Calcium-deficient children do sweat, but the most obvious and direct manifestation of calcium deficiency is the lack of calcium. However, the most obvious and direct manifestation of calcium deficiency is that the child’s height does not meet the standard and the growth is delayed, and it is only after these obvious manifestations that the child may show symptoms such as occipital baldness, late closure of fontanelle and sweating. Therefore, sweating is not the basis for parents to judge their children’s calcium deficiency. It is important to observe whether the growth and development is lagging, whether the amount of milk is sufficient, etc. The same applies to zinc deficiency, so you should not assume that your child is deficient in zinc or calcium when you see sweating on the head, and add trace elements indiscriminately. (ps: really worried mommy should also be diagnosed after the examination before giving the child the appropriate elements) pathological sweating performance is not only sweating, but also accompanied by other conditions, such as hair loss, crying and restlessness, night terrors, etc. Possible causes: vitamin D deficiency rickets: that is, the commonly known as calcium deficiency, in addition to sweating, including night crying, irritability, pillow baldness, fontanel large, chicken chest, O-leg, etc.; ps: if If rickets is diagnosed, then you need vitamin D. You can take your baby outdoors to get more sunlight or directly supplement enough vitamin D. Sweating after taking medicine: babies with fever over 38.5 ℃ need to take antipyretic drugs, generally after taking antipyretic drugs, the baby will sweat, so as to reduce body temperature Hypoglycemia: sweating when fasting, for cold sweat, accompanied by pale, cold limbs, we should consider hypoglycemia Third, sweating how to care too much sweat, will make the baby feel uncomfortable, may also catch a cold, so there are some small details of care or need to pay attention to do not play too excited before bedtime If you play too excited before bedtime, after going to sleep, although the body has been quiet, but the sympathetic nerves are still in an excited state, it is easy to appear sweaty baby should wear breathable, absorbent cotton clothing sweaty baby should often change with Sweat-absorbing towels; if bed sheets and bedding are often wet, then they should also be changed frequently to reduce the breeding of mites Ensure sufficient water intake Sweating can help maintain normal body temperature and water-salt metabolic balance. However, if the baby sweats a lot, the water intake should be increased appropriately