What are the symptoms of baby night sweats

Careful mothers will find that their babies sometimes sweat a lot when sleeping at night, but the condition improves after waking up. What is the reason for babies' night sweats? In most cases, it is normal for babies to have night sweats. However, if the baby's night sweats are caused by certain diseases, and he sweats as soon as he falls asleep at night, and even wets his pillow and clothes, it is pathological night sweats. In this case, parents should take the baby to the hospital for further examination. Let us learn about the symptoms of baby's night sweats.

Some children sweat mainly in the first half of the night after falling asleep, which is often caused by low blood calcium. Low calcium can easily increase the excitability of the sympathetic nerves, just like turning on the "faucet" of the sweat glands. This situation is particularly common in children with rickets. However, night sweats are not a unique symptom of rickets. A comprehensive analysis should be conducted based on the child's feeding conditions, outdoor activities, etc. Blood calcium, blood phosphorus and wrist bone X-rays should also be checked to determine whether the child has active rickets.

The phenomenon of sweating during sleep and stopping sweating after waking up is called "night sweats". Night sweats is a disease name in traditional Chinese medicine. It is a symptom characterized by abnormal sweating after falling asleep and stopping sweating after waking up. "Dao" means stealing. Ancient doctors used the sneaky activities of thieves at night to describe the disease that every time people fall asleep or just close their eyes and are about to fall asleep, sweat secretes like a thief.

Most patients with mild night sweats sweat easily when they are deep in sleep, at around 5 a.m., or 1 to 2 hours before waking up. The amount of sweat is small, and they only feel a little sweat all over the body or certain parts of the body after waking up, and no sweat will be secreted again after waking up. It is usually not accompanied by any discomfort.

Most patients with moderate night sweats will sweat soon after falling asleep, and their sleeping clothes may even be soaked through. The sweat will stop after they wake up, and they will not sweat again after wiping the sweat off their bodies. This type of night sweats causes the patient to feel hot and sweat, and sometimes to feel dry mouth and throat after waking up.

Patients with severe night sweats sweat easily. Shortly after falling asleep or just closing your eyes and about to fall asleep, you will sweat a lot. You will wake up after sweating, and the sweat will stop instantly after waking up. Falling back to sleep may cause sweating again. The amount of sweating is large, and the sweat often has a light salty taste, or is mixed with sweat odor.

For children with pathological night sweats, treatment should be directed at the cause. Night sweats caused by calcium deficiency should be supplemented with calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D, etc., and the following points should be achieved:

(1) Get more exposure to sunlight, including outdoor light and reflected light. You can do activities outdoors, but don't expose yourself to the sun through glass.

(2) Vigorously promote breastfeeding.

(3) Premature infants, twins, children with frequent diarrhea or other digestive tract diseases should pay attention to adding vitamin D.

(4) People in rural areas or cold regions in the north should take measures to prevent rickets, such as "sunbathing in the summer and taking D-drugs in the winter".