Is it OK for the baby to sweat?

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Some babies like to sweat when they sleep, especially on the head. The sweat can wet the pillow towel, which is also called night sweat in traditional Chinese medicine. This makes many parents worried, afraid of the baby body empty. In fact, the baby sweating is not necessarily sick, the vast majority is normal. This normal sweating condition is called physiological hyperhidrosis. But sometimes, some diseases and physical discomfort can also cause the baby to sleep sweating. Is it OK for the baby to sweat? Now let's talk about it.

Is it OK for the baby to sweat?

Baby skin moisture more, rich capillaries, metabolism, autonomic nerve regulation function is not perfect, easy to sweat during activity. If the baby has too much activity before going to bed, he will sweat after going to bed.

If the baby has eaten before going to bed, such as drinking milk, gastrointestinal peristalsis increases, gastric secretion increases, sweat gland secretion will also increase. If the indoor temperature is high and not ventilated, the baby will also show excessive sweating. Physiological hyperhidrosis generally occurs in the first half of the night just fall asleep, after entering deep sleep began to gradually subside. And the baby's mood is normal, there is no crying phenomenon.

If the child is usually weak, even in a quiet state, when he goes to sleep at night, he is sweating profusely, and does not disappear, sweating all night, wetting clothes and pillows, accompanied by irritability, crying, emaciation and other symptoms, it belongs to pathological hyperhidrosis.

matters needing attention

If the baby has physiological sweating, parents should improve the baby's sleep environment. For example, the bedroom temperature should not be too high when sleeping, do not wear thick clothes to sleep, cover the quilt to increase or decrease with the change of temperature; Don't let your baby do strenuous activities before going to bed; Don't eat too much before going to bed, especially not a lot of hot food and drinks.