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Causes of severe sweating in children
There is nothing strange about a person sweating. But when there is sweating in the child, caring moms and dads begin to worry.
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Dr. Komarovsky dispels the myths that excessive sweating is a symptom of terrible diseases, and tells how to act with increased sweating.
Evgeny Olegovich also explains how to help a child survive a hot summer. overheating and how to avoid it.
According to Dr. Komarovsky, there are three main factors that explain the increased sweating in a child.
Evgeny Komarovsky asks anxious mothers not to raise panic and not to try to find any diseases in the child.
“Sweating has nothing to do with rickets, worms, allergies, diathesis, dyskinesia, intracranial pressure and other ‘passions,’” says the experienced pediatrician, who devoted a chapter to the problem in his book “365 Tips for the First Year of Your Child’s Life.”
With a probability well above 99%, this is not a sign of illness. The sweat glands begin to function actively when the baby is 1 month old. But they are still imperfect and work “in test mode” up to 5-6 years.
It is at the age of 1 month to 6 years and accounts for most of the complaints of sweating. As a rule, says Komarovsky, the problem can easily outgrow.
Evgeny Olegovich reminds fathers and mothers that in most cases to reduce sweating in the baby help the simplest actions - reducing the amount of clothing, fresh air in the room, using air conditioning to cool a hot and stuffy room.
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Often parents notice that the baby sweats at night. This phenomenon is more common than it may seem at first glance. According to statistics, every tenth patient addresses such complaints to pediatric doctors.
The peculiarity of children's thermoregulation is that it occurs not so much through the skin as in adults, but with the help of the lungs during breathing. If the baby has a disease of the upper and lower respiratory tract, pulmonary breathing is impaired, then it is not surprising that he sweats heavily in his sleep.
In this case, you need to adjust the temperature in the bedroom, it should not be above 20 degrees, and the humidity - above 50-60%. Dress the baby in pajamas only from natural fabrics. Perhaps you should change the down blanket and synthetic pillow for more environmentally friendly and light.
How to help a child survive a hot summer The main danger of heat is overheating. At the same time, according to Evgeny Komarovsky, the younger the child, the more dangerous overheating. In young children, the mechanism of thermoregulation is imperfect.
If you do not have air conditioning, try to make the climate in the house as comfortable as possible. Often conduct wet cleaning, do not allow the accumulation of dust, often ventilate, but do not allow drafts.
To cool a child without a fan or air conditioner, Dr. Komarovsky advises using water. “Water has a thermal conductivity 6 times higher than air, so it is easy to discharge heat through it. Cool bath, shower 1-2 minutes every hour or two. The child should not be wiped intensively, let him be naked. Water evaporated from the skin is an excellent way to increase heat transfer.”
Also, Dr. Komarovsky reminds that sweating is a serious loss of fluid for the body. To avoid dehydration, the child should be constantly offered plenty of drink.
It's the weather in the house! This is 100% sure pediatrician Evgeny Olegovich Komarovsky. We have collected his best tips that will help create a good atmosphere in the family.
Komarovsky is convinced: “Dirt is the best friend of a child and a guarantee of good health!” As it turned out, excessive sterility does not benefit children at all, but on the contrary, it harms the baby’s immune system.
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Dr. Komarovsky dispels the myths that excessive sweating is a symptom of terrible diseases, and tells how to act with increased sweating.
Evgeny Olegovich also explains how to help a child survive a hot summer. overheating and how to avoid it.
According to Dr. Komarovsky, there are three main factors that explain the increased sweating in a child.
- It’s hot because it’s summer or because adults around you abuse heating appliances.
- Excess clothing.
- A combination of first and second.
Evgeny Komarovsky asks anxious mothers not to raise panic and not to try to find any diseases in the child.
“Sweating has nothing to do with rickets, worms, allergies, diathesis, dyskinesia, intracranial pressure and other ‘passions,’” says the experienced pediatrician, who devoted a chapter to the problem in his book “365 Tips for the First Year of Your Child’s Life.”
With a probability well above 99%, this is not a sign of illness. The sweat glands begin to function actively when the baby is 1 month old. But they are still imperfect and work “in test mode” up to 5-6 years.
It is at the age of 1 month to 6 years and accounts for most of the complaints of sweating. As a rule, says Komarovsky, the problem can easily outgrow.
Evgeny Olegovich reminds fathers and mothers that in most cases to reduce sweating in the baby help the simplest actions - reducing the amount of clothing, fresh air in the room, using air conditioning to cool a hot and stuffy room.
DepositPhotos
Often parents notice that the baby sweats at night. This phenomenon is more common than it may seem at first glance. According to statistics, every tenth patient addresses such complaints to pediatric doctors.
The peculiarity of children's thermoregulation is that it occurs not so much through the skin as in adults, but with the help of the lungs during breathing. If the baby has a disease of the upper and lower respiratory tract, pulmonary breathing is impaired, then it is not surprising that he sweats heavily in his sleep.
In this case, you need to adjust the temperature in the bedroom, it should not be above 20 degrees, and the humidity - above 50-60%. Dress the baby in pajamas only from natural fabrics. Perhaps you should change the down blanket and synthetic pillow for more environmentally friendly and light.
How to help a child survive a hot summer The main danger of heat is overheating. At the same time, according to Evgeny Komarovsky, the younger the child, the more dangerous overheating. In young children, the mechanism of thermoregulation is imperfect.
If you do not have air conditioning, try to make the climate in the house as comfortable as possible. Often conduct wet cleaning, do not allow the accumulation of dust, often ventilate, but do not allow drafts.
To cool a child without a fan or air conditioner, Dr. Komarovsky advises using water. “Water has a thermal conductivity 6 times higher than air, so it is easy to discharge heat through it. Cool bath, shower 1-2 minutes every hour or two. The child should not be wiped intensively, let him be naked. Water evaporated from the skin is an excellent way to increase heat transfer.”
Also, Dr. Komarovsky reminds that sweating is a serious loss of fluid for the body. To avoid dehydration, the child should be constantly offered plenty of drink.
It's the weather in the house! This is 100% sure pediatrician Evgeny Olegovich Komarovsky. We have collected his best tips that will help create a good atmosphere in the family.
Komarovsky is convinced: “Dirt is the best friend of a child and a guarantee of good health!” As it turned out, excessive sterility does not benefit children at all, but on the contrary, it harms the baby’s immune system.
