Excessive sweating in children can be due to many causes. Children tend to sweat profusely so profuse sweating is not necessarily cause for alarm. Usually, safe holistic treatments can be used to decrease discomfort. However, if your gut tells you there is a real problem, listen to your gut. In that case, before exploring holistic treatments, every possible medical reason should be explored.

There are a few medical reasons that infants and young children may have excessive sweating. One shouldn't rush to diagnose any of the possible conditions, but if excessive sweating exists, then one should check for other symptoms of disease.

Diabetes

One of the symptoms of diabetes is excessive sweating. One should look at other symptoms such as excessive thirst and frequent urination before considering the possibility of diabetes.

Congestive Heart Failure

If excessive sweating occurs whenever an infant is feeding, then congestive heart failure may be a possibility. Other symptoms such as fast respiratory rate and a frequent cough would accompany the sweating.

Hyperthyroidism

Frequent sweating in children may also be due to Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid). Hyperthyroidism can easily be ruled out with a simple urine test.

Once the above medical conditions have been ruled out, it is now time to seek holistic approaches. Any long-term condition that cannot or should not be remedied by medical or surgical procedures should be a candidate for more holistic remedies. Check with your doctor before beginning any holistic program.

One holistic remedy includes taking 2 teaspoons of vinegar and 2 teaspoons of honey first thing in the morning. This remedy works for some people.