Is your baby's sweat stealing something to worry about?

The article was professionally consulted with Specialist Doctor I Bui Thi Ha - Pediatrician - Neonatologist - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Ha Long International General Hospital.

Night sweats in children is a phenomenon in which a child sweats a lot even though the weather is not hot and the child is not active. Children sweat the most at night. So is the baby being sweaty or not?

Children with night sweats often sweat the most in the back, forehead, groin, armpits, palms, and feet, because these are the places where there are many sweat glands. When sweating, especially at night, it will make the child sleep restlessly, or be startled and wake up, so the child often cries a lot at night.
Children with night sweats often sweat a lot when they are in the deep sleep stage, they still feel comfortable during sleep and after waking up. Meanwhile, if the child sweats due to the hot weather or the child's sleeping place is hot, the child will often sweat before sleeping and make it difficult for the child to sleep.

Physiological night sweats: Children sweat because their brain's nervous system is not fully developed, especially young children are in the growth period, the metabolism in children is stronger. compared with adults. Sweating is also a way for children to balance their body temperature because their temperature regulation system is still immature. Besides, young children also have a fairly high ratio of the number of sweat glands to their body size, which causes them to sweat more. Physiological theft usually does not affect the health of children.
Night sweats due to pathology: Children with rickets, primary tuberculosis will show signs of night sweats, especially when breastfeeding or after sleeping, sweating a lot but not due to time. details. Accompanying the symptoms of night sweats, children also have other signs of rickets such as slow fontanelles, large head bones, protruding breasts shaped like chicken breasts, bow legs; With primary TB infection, children will have symptoms such as prolonged cough, poor diet, chest X-ray showing lesions of primary TB.

To limit night sweats in children, parents should keep the room temperature cool; Avoid overdressing or covering your baby with too many blankets when sleeping so that your baby can sleep better.
Baby sweat is a normal physiological phenomenon. If the baby shows a lot of sweat on the head, does not lose hair, is not lazy to eat, ... and still gains weight normally, parents should not worry.
If the baby has night sweats with other unusual symptoms, parents should take the baby to a medical facility for examination soon.
Children need to provide enough elemental zinc/day for them to eat well, reach the correct height and weight and exceed the standard. Zinc plays a role in affecting most biological processes taking place in the body, especially the breakdown of nucleic acids, proteins... Organs in the body when zinc deficiency can lead to a There are a number of diseases such as neurological disorders, irritability, etc. Therefore, parents need to learn about the role of zinc and guide them to appropriate zinc supplements for their children.
In addition to zinc, parents also need to supplement their children with other important vitamins and minerals such as lysine, chromium, B vitamins,... errands.
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