Sweating is a natural process. However, excessive sweating signals that something is wrong in the body. The reasons for this can be various, dangerous and not dangerous.
Non-dangerous causes of heavy sweating and how to eliminate it
The first thought that comes up if your child is sweating is that the baby is hot. To restore normal heat transfer, remove excess from it. The clothes in which the child sleeps and plays must breathe and be made of natural fabric.
The comfortable room temperature is 18 - 20 ° C.
During the period of illness, the body's protective reaction is increased sweating. Since this process is not fully formed in infants, profuse sweating persists for about one third of the month after the illness. In this case, you just need to wait until the body returns to normal. Sweat can be a reaction to emotional experiences - positive or negative. Be sure to find out what worries your child. Children can also sweat because of their large physique.
It is necessary to carefully monitor the condition of the baby's skin. Sweat irritates the delicate skin of babies and leads to diaper rash (prickly heat). Do not keep your child in sweat-drenched clothes for a long time. If possible, take baths with sage, oak bark and other herbs, or, as a last resort, wipe the folds on the baby's body with a cotton swab dipped in herbal infusion.
Dangerous causes of heavy sweating and how to eliminate it
However, you should not consider heavy sweating as commonplace, as it can be a signal of serious illness. Be sure to tell your doctor about this. The first thing he will try to check is the amount of vitamin D in the baby's body. If it is not enough, rickets begins to develop. In this case, the doctor will prescribe a vitamin intake and frequent walks on a sunny day. If your child sweats at night, and the sweat is sticky and cold, the cardiovascular system may malfunction. The baby is sweating at rest, and the room is not too hot - a pathology of the thyroid gland is possible. Colds can also trigger excessive sweating as the body tries to regulate body temperature and flush out toxins.
In this case, doctors will fight the problem, and it depends on you to ensure comfortable conditions for the baby.
Change your child's clothes more often, make sure that a draft does not blow him in wet clothes. If there are no special instructions from the doctor, you do not need to place the baby in an unnecessarily warm room (or wear warmer). This will provoke even more perspiration. In any case, do not panic, because the best medicine for your nursing baby is a calm and caring mother.
