Why does the child sweat in a dream?

Sweating is an individual feature of the human body. In the same conditions, some babies sweat more strongly, while others - less.

The cause of sweating can be synthetic clothing, in which the baby sleeps. Pajamas should be made of natural materials. If the child is sleeping in a cool room, then a nightclothes of tight jersey or a soft flannel will do.

Often the main reason why a child sweats in a dream is the high temperature in the room where the baby sleeps. Therefore, parents should often ventilate the children's bedroom, lower the temperature to 22 ° C and increase the air humidity to 50-70%.

Baby can sweat in a dream, if in the evening he played active games. Bad dreams also excite the nervous system of crumbs. To cause the formation of a large number of sweat may hereditary predisposition.

The cause of sweating of a sleeping baby can also be an individual feature of the development of the autonomic nervous system. Its full formation occurs only to 5 years. Then the child stops sweating.

If comfortable conditions for sleeping are created, and your baby still persists strongly, then you should take responsibility for such physiological manifestations of crumbs responsibly. Below we will consider other serious reasons why a child sweats heavily during sleep. We hope that this will help parents to prevent the onset of problems with the health of the baby.

The reasons why a child sweats heavily during sleep

  1. Infections in the upper respiratory tract. At the beginning of the disease, sweating can be accompanied by a rare cough.
  2. Viral infections. In the incubation phase, the disease proceeds without symptoms. But excessive sweating will help to understand that the baby is sick. In addition, the child can sweat profusely in a dream and after a viral illness, because his immunity is still weakened.
  3. Diseases of the cardiovascular system - another reason why a child sweats very much in a dream. The kid also suffers from shortness of breath, dizziness, swelling of hands and feet, he has pale skin.
  4. Thyroid dysfunction. The child not only sweats heavily in a dream - he has other symptoms: increased nervousness, weight loss, trembling of limbs, fatigue.
  5. Lymphatic diathesis (hereditary disease). The baby also increases lymph nodes, decreases muscle tone, pale skin.

It should be emphasized that because of health problems, the child sweats not only during night sleep, but also daytime sleep.

Abundant perspiration in a dream can arise because of diseases that initially occur in a latent form. For parents this should serve as a signal that it is necessary to examine the baby as soon as possible and begin treatment.