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What should I do if my child sleeps at night and always has night sweats?
Qiyue is also such a situation, every night after the child falls asleep, after a while I touched it with my hand, the child's forehead is full of beads of sweat, the front chest and back will sweat, sometimes sweat a lot, the back of the sheets and pillow towels will be wet a lot.
The time for the child to sweat a lot is concentrated in the half hour after falling asleep, after which the sweat on the child's body will slowly decrease, and then the body can fully recover as usual.
However, the temperature is not very hot at night, I sleep in a room with my child, I need to cover a thicker quilt myself, but why does the child love night sweats so much?
Looking at the child lying next to me, it was almost like the two of us were sleeping in a completely different space, one cold no, one hot no.
Why do children have night sweats?
I talked about it with a friend who was a pediatrician in a hospital, so she told me a lot about the causes and knowledge of children's night sweats.
Friends say that children's night sweats are not just because of children's fever, in fact, there are many reasons. There are mainly the following reasons.
Children have developed sweat glands and sweat easily
The sweat glands of infant and toddler children are very developed, which is completely different from that of us adults. Although there are as many sweat glands as adults, children's sweat glands are 7 times denser than adults.
Moreover, the water content on the surface of the child's skin is also very large, the microvessels on the surface of the skin are very densely distributed, the child's metabolism is strong, and the moisture on the surface of the skin is easily discharged through sweating.
That is to say, when adults and children are in the same room, although adults do not feel very hot, children feel very hot, and the body sweats more and faster than adults.
Children eat too much and too much for dinner
Food contains a lot of calories, if the child eats too much at dinner, the child's physical energy consumption is reduced at this time, but it bears more calories.
Heat in the body cannot be discharged, and when the child falls asleep, these heats are emitted in the form of sweating.
For example, in winter, the temperature is very cold, we all like to eat a bowl of hot noodles, when a bowl of noodles after the belly, the whole person's body will feel hot, the hands and feet will become very warm, the body's temperature and calorie value will immediately come up.
The indoor temperature is too high and airtight
Children often like to kick the quilt when they sleep at night, and in order to prevent their children from kicking the quilt at night and blowing the wind and getting cold, mothers will generally adjust the temperature in the bedroom a little higher, and the doors and windows in the room will be closed a little tighter.
In this case, the air in the room becomes airtight, the temperature in the room will rise, and the child's body will become extremely sensitive after falling asleep, and it is easy to increase the body temperature and sweat.
Once there was a strong wind at night, and I was worried that the child would kick the quilt at night, so I closed the window facing the balcony very tightly, not breathable at all.
After a while, I noticed that the child had a lot of sweat on his head and sweat on his back, until I reopened a small slit in the window, and there was a little wind to blow in, and after a while the child was not so hot.
The child's quilt cover is too thick and the clothes are worn too much
Children's metabolism is strong, the body is easy to sweat, unlike adults like to cover thick quilts, children's quilts are generally light and thin.
If the weather is not very cold, the mother to the child covered with a very thick quilt or for the child to wear a very thick pajamas, the child sweat after sweating is not easy to discharge, these sweat stains remain on the surface of the clothes and skin, the child will not only feel uncomfortable but also cause the child to sleep badly at night, it is easy to cry and wake up.
Therefore, if a child has night sweats, it is not necessarily just a manifestation of physical fever, but there are many other causes and factors.
To solve the problem of night sweats in children, it is best for mothers to know the real reason.
To prevent night sweats in children, parents try these methods
Night sweats will not only make the child lose a lot of water, but also seriously affect the quality of the child's sleep, so that the child will wake up at night, cry, sleep badly and so on.
The pediatrician mentioned above has given a lot of advice, so you may wish to refer to it.
Bathe often and keep your child clean
Whether it is a child or an adult, as long as your body sweats, there will be a slimy feeling, which is particularly uncomfortable, even if it is uncomfortable to sit, let alone sleep well at night.
Therefore, before the child goes to bed, the mother can give the child a bath and wash his hair with warm water, wash the residue attached to the body, and then dry the water stains on the body with a gentle towel and change into clean, comfortable and breathable clothes.
This gives the child a bedtime ritual, and the child knows that he is ready to sleep after taking a bath, and he will not make intense exercise.
It should be noted here that the bath time is best about 1 hour before going to bed, not too early and not too late, the pajamas worn by the child are also pure cotton sweat absorbing material, so that the child's body can breathe completely freely.
The amount of dinner should be moderately controlled
Some children themselves have a relatively large amount of food, if there is just a dish on the table that they like to eat, the child will unconsciously eat a lot. Coupled with snacks and fruits, the child consumes too many calories at a dinner.
These calories are difficult to digest in a short period of time, and children will feel bloated, uncomfortable and sweat a lot when they sleep at night.
Mothers try to control the amount of food they eat when their children eat dinner, do not eat more when the child is full, reduce the probability of eating other snacks and fruits, let the child's body maintain a balance, and prevent night sweats at night.
Maintain the flowability of the indoor temperature
The American Academy of Pediatrics states that the optimal temperature for children to sleep is between 20-23 degrees, and the humidity can be maintained at about 55%. That is to say, after exceeding this temperature and humidity, the child's body will feel uncomfortable.
Mom can adjust the temperature of the room to a reasonable temperature before going to bed, and the window can leave a little gap so that the air in the room can circulate freely.
In addition, under the condition of a humidifier can be prevented in the room, artificially adjusting the humidity of the child's room to make the child feel comfortable.
As I said above, it is necessary to leave a little gap ventilation in the room, and a completely enclosed environment will make the child feel uncomfortable and the quality of sleep will also be affected.
Set up a separate quilt for your child
Many children sleep with their parents when they are young, and they will not slowly try to fall asleep independently until they grow up.
As mentioned above, the sweat gland density of children and adults is different, so adults feel normal temperatures, and children may already feel too hot to do.
The mother can set a small quilt for the child alone, let the child cover the quilt alone, and the mother covers a thicker quilt herself.
This allows both the child and the mother to sleep soundly at night.
I will cover a thin children's quilt for Qiyue at night, and I can find out what the situation of the child is at night, and it will not cause the child to have night sweats.
The situation of night sweats in children is relatively common, but there are many kinds of reasons, mothers can observe their children more, find out the real reasons for children's night sweats, and help children solve the problem of night sweats from the root.
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