Why do children sweat a lot?

Many parents have a worry, that is, their babies sweat a lot. Sometimes, when the baby is resting at night, his body is wet with sweat, which makes parents very worried, fearing that the baby will catch a cold or develop symptoms of other diseases. So what causes children to sweat excessively? Next, let’s take a look at the specific reasons why babies keep sweating.

Why do children sweat excessively? Generally speaking, there are many reasons why babies sweat a lot, and it is difficult to say one reason. The main reasons can be divided into the following aspects:

1. If your baby is calcium deficient, you can take him to the hospital for a trace element test to see if he is calcium deficient.

2. Children with zinc deficiency have a high metabolism and are active, so they sweat more than adults. Excessive sweating will cause excessive loss of zinc, resulting in zinc deficiency in the body. Zinc deficiency can reduce the body's immune capacity, especially the resistance of the respiratory and digestive tracts, causing recurrent infections. You can also take your baby to the hospital to check for trace elements.

3. Active rickets: Infants under one year old sweat a lot. If they lack outdoor activities and sun exposure, and do not add cod liver oil and calcium powder in time, parents should observe whether the baby has other manifestations of rickets in addition to sweating, such as crying at night, crying and shaking the head on the pillow while sleeping, resulting in hair loss circles on the back of the head (also known as occipital baldness), ping-pong head (the bone in the occipital bone becomes soft and feels like touching a ping-pong ball), square skull (the forehead is protruding and the head is shaped like a square box), large anterior fontanelle and late closure, etc. Parents should take their baby to the hospital for examination by a doctor to make a clear diagnosis.

4. Active tuberculosis in children: Babies often sweat a lot not only in the first half of the night, but also in the second half of the night before dawn, which is called "night sweats." At the same time, there are poor appetite, low fever in the afternoon (some have high fever), flushed face, weight loss, and some have cough, enlarged liver and spleen, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms. There is often a history of contact with tuberculosis, and the elderly, parents or nannies in the family suffer from tuberculosis.

5. Hypoglycemia often occurs in the hot summer when babies sweat a lot, refuse to eat at night, and feel lethargic when waking up in the morning. The children show symptoms of sadness and restlessness, pale complexion, cold sweats, even profuse sweating, and cold limbs.

6. Pediatric endocrine diseases (this disease is less common in causing excessive sweating). For example, children with hyperthyroidism are mostly school-age children, mostly girls. It may manifest as excessive sweating, irritability, increased appetite without weight gain, panic, heart palpitations, and even bulging eyes. Babies with obesity also sweat easily, and they sweat a lot when they move or walk.

7. Other acute and chronic infectious diseases in children can also cause hyperhidrosis, accompanied by other clinical manifestations: such as typhoid fever, sepsis, rheumatoid disease, connective tissue disease, lupus erythematosus or blood disease.

The above article mainly introduces the issue of "Why do children sweat too much?" I hope it can be helpful to parents. Of course, it is very common for babies to sweat a lot, so this requires us parents to pay more attention to our children in daily life. If we find that our children are sweating, we must find out the reasons in time to let the children grow up dry and healthy.