Patient's question:
Hello doctor, could you please tell me that my child sweats a lot at night when sleeping, and their clothes are always wet. It's the same in winter. What should I do? How can I treat the sweating? Thank you!!!Doctor's answer:
Childhood internal heat is mainly caused by spleen and stomach accumulation of heat and yin deficiency internal heat. Children with spleen and stomach heat often sweat spontaneously, have obvious limbs, thirst but not excessive thirst, constipation, heavy breathing, and thinness. Treatment should focus on clearing heat, promoting bowel movements, and diarrhea, often having bowel movements to stop night sweats. For children with yin deficiency and lack of internal heat, due to long-term night sweats, excessive body fluids, and yin deficiency symptoms, such as dry lips, red tongue, hot hands, feet, and dry, pellet-like stools, treatment should involve clearing heat, nourishing yin, clearing heat to dispel sweat, and physical therapy. As for children with night sweats, they often catch colds, which is very rare, as their bodies are deficient. Most of their colds are caused by catching colds while sweating and kicking legs during sleep, which is different from colds caused by physical weakness.