Kid wakes up in a dream, and all wet pillow and bedspread. Should I be concerned parents that can mean sweating, how to help your child at home and when you need to see a doctor?
Parents are under force to adjust the temperature in the room, change clothes or a blanket. However, as a rule, is accompanied by sweating and other symptoms that are hard to ignore.
What is Hyperhidrosis
In most cases, night sweating (hyperhidrosis) - made a safe event, but some symptoms may be the cause of serious problems.
If the child is small, it is important to understand that the thermoregulation system in children is not perfect, and sweat glands begin to fully operate only 6 years.
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Causes of sweating of the child
- If the room where the baby sleeps, hot or blanket Pajamas or too warm, the baby is overheating and sweating heavily. Pediatricians, including Dr. Komarovsky recommended in the room where the baby sleeps, support air temperature not higher than 18-20 degrees, 70% humidity and ensure that there is enough fresh air.
- Another external cause sweaty head may be cushion with unsuitable for children's sleep filledWhich can also cause allergies.
- Deep sleep of the child. Children, just like adults, often sweat during the deep sleep phase. It is known that sleep phase alternate several times during the night, but in children a deep sleep last longer than in adults.
- Heredity It can also be the cause of excessive sweating of the child. If Mom or Dad are prone to rash, the baby is sweating heavily, not only in dreams, but also for active games, or an increase in body temperature.
- Children, like adults, are different, and therefore one sweat more than others. Usually, the problem with age is held by itselfBut it happens that the tendency of the body to sweat and remain in adult life.
- Rachitic predisposition caused by lack of vitamin D. Indeed, children with rickets sweat much more, but this is happening on the stage of the disease, which can not be ignored. That is, in addition to sweating, there are other, more obvious signs of rickets.
- Diabetes It can also be the reason why the head sweats. In addition, in diabetes there are other symptoms, pay attention to whether they are, in addition to sweating.
The child sweats during sleep: 7 likely causes / istockphoto.com
If the child is developing normally, active, cheerful and has no explicit signs of any disease, sweating during sleep head, it is quite physiologic phenomenon. If this continues to bother you, consult a doctor.
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