The child sweats strongly during sleep, during feeding, temperature: causes

Sweating in a child can be one of the reasons that parents can worry about a baby's health. But this is not always so, because it is a physiological process that is characteristic of every person. There are diseases in which sweating can be one of the main symptoms, so you need to know about such symptoms.

Epidemiology

Statistics of the spread suggests that sweating in the child is only in 20% of cases, one of the symptoms of the disease. The smaller the child by age, the more likely that sweating is caused by physiological causes.

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Causes of the child's sweating

Why does the child sweat? As you know, sweating is a physiological process, but it is characteristic for children of all ages. Newborn babies have features of the structure of the skin and its appendages, so sweating is not so characteristic for them. The sweat glands of newborn babies do not have well-formed ducts, so the metabolism passes through thin skin. And if already there is an increased sweating in the child, then this applies to certain areas of the skin. In children of the first six months of life, the sweating of the nape is most often observed, the cause of which is rickets. This disease is characterized by a deficiency of vitamin D, which lowers the level of calcium in the body of the child. Calcium and vitamin D are involved in metabolism in cells not only of the bone system, but also of many other organs and systems. The pathogenesis of excessive sweating in a child with rickets lies in the action on the autonomic nervous system. In the first stages, calcium deficiency activates the activity of the autonomic nervous system, which causes a number of symptoms, including sweating in the child.

Another reason for sweating in a child is an increased body temperature against a background of viral or bacterial infection. The pathogenesis of sweating is, in this case, the activation of the body's defenses. After all, when a virus or a bacterium enters the child's body, the immune system immediately responds to it, trying to protect the body. This causes the release of leukotrienes from leukocytes, which trigger a temperature reaction. In order to kill bacteria or viruses, it is necessary to raise the body temperature, and the conditions for the reproduction of these bacteria become unfavorable. So impulses come to the center of thermoregulation in the medulla oblongata and the body temperature rises. The rise in temperature has three successive phases - the phase of increase, the phase of the plateau and the phase of decline. The organism reacts to all these phases in different ways. During the phase of fever, the child feels chills because the center of thermoregulation increases its threshold and the body seems to be cold at the moment. In the plateau phase, the symptoms of chills, muscle tremors are kept. In the phase of decreasing temperature, rapid sweating requires increased sweating, which is what happens during this period. It is the child's sweating that helps with lowering body temperature.

As for older children, such as teenagers, sweating can also be caused by a disease - vegetative-vascular dystonia. This pathology is characterized by the lability of the autonomic nervous system against the background of instability of the hormonal background and a number of other causes. Moreover, the vegetative nervous system reacts to any emotional experiences or stressful situations with excessive activity. This is accompanied by a child's sweating.

There are cases when sweating is a normal phenomenon and you should not worry. Very often young parents worry about sweating in a baby babe. Most often, this happens when the body temperature of the environment is exceeded or the child overheats excessively . Parents themselves dress comfortably, and the child tries to wrap himself up, so that he does not freeze. This is not always correct and can lead to its overheating, which subsequently leads to such sweating. In this case, the baby can not say that he is not comfortable and can get sick, because he was sweating all over. Therefore, in the search for the cause of hyperhidrosis, the child must first make sure that it is comfortable and not hot.

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Risk factors

Risk factors for sweating in the baby:

1. overheating and mismatch of ambient temperature and air humidity;
2. infectious diseases;
3. diseases of the nervous system;
4. stressful situations and lability of the nervous system.

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Symptoms of the child's sweating

Rickets is one of the most common diseases in childhood, which is accompanied by increased sweating. The first signs of rickets may appear precisely when a vegetative nervous system is affected. In rickets, a characteristic symptom of this is that the child's head sweats, namely the back of the head. Since the child constantly lies in this position, it is on the nape of the excessive sweating leads to the pumping of hair. Therefore, sweating and pumping hair on the back of the head are some of the symptoms of rickets. Other symptoms of rickets appear even with prolonged deficiency of calcium and vitamin D. The child's muscle tone decreases, bone tissue begins to deform. This can lead to the development of curvatures of the lower extremities.

When a child sweats heavily in a dream, then probably it can be a symptom of an increased body temperature with a viral or bacterial infection. When a child sweats during an acute respiratory infection or a cold, the first signs can appear in the form of a stuffy nose, rhinitis, and the body temperature can rise the next day. There are catarrhal phenomena - starts to tickle your throat, there is a cough. When a child sweats and coughs, one must think about what the bacterial flora might have joined with the development of bronchitis. A deep, frequent cough with a high body temperature may indicate a more severe bacterial infection. As for the children of the first half of life, their symptoms of a viral infection can be blurred. First, there may be difficulty in nasal breathing, poor appetite and capriciousness, and only then does body temperature increase. The baby sweats when the body temperature rises already when it reaches high enough figures. In this case, the child sweats forehead and nose, as the most exposed skin areas that participate in heat exchange.

When a child sweats after illness or after antibiotics, this indicates the success of the treatment. After all, the use of drugs leads to the death of most microorganisms and this can cause an immune reaction, which is accompanied by a rise in body temperature.

A symptom of sweating may be accompanied by another disease - vegetative-vascular dysfunction. Characteristic signs of this pathology is that the child sweats palms, legs, feet. These symptoms are provoked by emotional experiences, stresses, stressful situations. In addition to excessive sweating of individual parts of the body for this pathology, there are other symptoms. This disease is often accompanied by an acceleration of the heartbeat, a feeling of lack of air, a decrease or increase in blood pressure. All this can be in the form of seizures that end with such episodes of local sweating of individual parts of the body. These are very characteristic symptoms of the VSD, and already at the stage of clinical manifestations one can suspect a diagnosis.

It often happens that a baby is sweating during feeding. It can be just because he is tired. After all, the process of feeding requires large energy costs and is often difficult for a child to eat, especially if his mother does not apply it correctly to the breast or has little milk. Therefore it is important to make sure that there are no problems with the feeding itself.

If a child sweats when falling asleep, or the child sweats back and neck when he just lies, it is likely that the reason for this is overheating. In this case, those places that are close to the bed can be overheated and lead to sweating.

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Complications and consequences

There are no consequences of the sweating process, it's just one of the symptoms. If you do not take into account other manifestations of the disease, then there may be complications of rickets. Rickets in the beginning affects the bone system, but then the internal organs. The degree of change in untreated rickets can reach significant curvature of the limbs and spine. In this case, heart, lungs, and normal breathing may suffer.

Complications of vegetative-vascular dystonia, as a rule, does not happen, because this is a functional disease. But pathology can affect the daily activity of the body and the state of the child, his progress in school.

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Diagnostics of the child's sweating

If it is a diagnosis of a symptom such as sweating, then at the stage of collecting complaints you can decide on a preliminary diagnosis.

With rickets during the examination, you can determine that the hair on the back of the child is rolled. If there are such changes, it can also be established that the tone of the muscles is somewhat reduced from both sides equally. The child can be listless. The curvature of the lower extremities may appear already at later stages. It is very important in identifying such symptoms to find out whether the child is taking a prophylactic dose of vitamin D and whether such prevention was carried out for the mother during pregnancy.

Diagnosis of viral and bacterial diseases is not very difficult. When the body temperature rises and sweating appears with it, other manifestations appear along with it - a runny nose, a cough, a sore throat. When examining such a baby, you can immediately see the focus of inflammation and establish a topical diagnosis.

Diagnosis of vegetative-vascular dystonia is very simple, even on the basis of complaints, but to confirm the diagnosis it is necessary to exclude all organic diseases. For this, a thorough examination of the heart is made, blood and urine tests are performed, and the respiratory system is examined. Cardiographic examination of the heart shows all the normative indices. Analyzes in the IRR also do not have any special changes. Instrumental diagnosis of the respiratory system is carried out by performing spirography. This allows you to study the activity and ability of the lungs and bronchial tree, because often with the VSD there are complaints of shortness of breath. And since this functional disease, caused by a violation of vegetative innervation, the spirography data will be within the norm. Such studies are mandatory for the diagnosis of VSD.

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Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis should be conducted between the functional states of the nervous system that cause periodic sweating, and between simply raising the body temperature of the child with infection.

Treatment of the child's sweating

Treatment of excessive sweating in the child is very individual. It is very important to find the reason for this before starting any treatment. If the cause is rickets, then use a therapeutic dose of vitamin D.

1. Aquadetrim is an aqueous solution of vitamin D. This drug enhances the absorption of calcium in the intestine and speeds up its absorption by the cells of the bone system. The dosage of the drug depends on the degree of rickets. At the first degree 2 thousand units are used per day, at the second degree - 4 thousand units, and at the third degree - 5 thousand units per day. The drug is available in drops and one drop contains 500 international units. Accordingly, the child can receive from four to ten drops per day, depending on the degree of manifestation. Side effects can be if the dose is exceeded - it can be muscle twitching, seizures, allergic and dyspeptic disorders.
2. Calcium D is another drug for the treatment of rickets. In addition to the active aqueous solution of vitamin D3, the formulation also includes calcium, which accelerates the effect of taking medications. The dosage of the drug also depends on the degree of rickets. The method of application of the drug - in the form of drops, taking the drug is recommended to carry out the entire dose once a day. Side effects can be in the form of intestinal disorders, diarrhea, vomiting.
3. Treatment of vegetative-vascular dysfunction is carried out in a complex way using not only medicines, but also non-drug treatment. It is very important to exclude stressful situations, normalize sleep and rest with work. In addition, you need to monitor the blood pressure of the child and, in this regard, adjust the regime and the nature of nutrition.

Tonginal - a means of homeopathic origin, which is used to treat VSD. The drug is based on herbs with a calming and tonic effect, which allows to normalize the processes of inhibition and excitation and improve the severity of the symptoms. The drug removes the symptoms of sweating, increased irritation and improves general condition. Dosage of the drug - 20 drops once a day for at least one month. Side effects can be in the form of drowsiness, weakness, pressure reduction. In this case, the drug should be taken at night. Precautions - take care with children under five.

1. Treatment of sweating caused by an infectious disease involves the use of funds that are etiologicuschemi. Use antiviral drugs - Laferobion, Resistol, Immunoflazid. With a proven bacterial infection, antibiotics are used. Also, depending on the severity of the symptoms, antiseptics, local sprays for the throat and vasoconstrictive drops in the nose are used, taking into account the age of the child.

Vitamins for children who sweat can be used throughout the year by courses in the spring and autumn. It is during this period that the child's body needs an increased amount of nutrients, especially in such children with the lability of the autonomic nervous system.

Physiotherapy can be used in older children. Use microcurrents on the spine, mud applications, contrast shower.

Alternative treatment in this case is rarely used. Only if the child sweats can one use his bathing in herbs that contain antiseptics. For this purpose, chamomile, sage, string, which tone the skin and soothe the nervous system, can be used. Systemic administration of alternative agents for the treatment of sweating is not used in children.

Prevention

Prevention of excessive sweating of the child - this is the rules of nursing and dressing the child, which rule out its overheating. Walking on the street child's infancy should be according to weather conditions.

As for rickets, there is a specific prevention of this disease. All pregnant women should receive a prophylactic dose of vitamin D3, starting from the 30th week of pregnancy. Newborns from the first month of life should also receive this vitamin for the prevention of up to three years.

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Forecast

The prognosis, if a child sweats, is always only favorable. But it is very important to find out the reason for this in order to warn other symptoms in time.

Parents often worry that their child often sweats. It is always possible to find the cause. First you need to make sure that the child is not hot, and then talk about other symptoms and consult a doctor. In any case, this condition does not pose a particular danger if there are no serious organic pathologies.