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What Causes Excessive Sleepiness And Fatigue In A Teenager?
My 13 year old son sleeps 20 plus hours per day and exhausted when he is awake. This has been going on for 6 months and getting worse. He was diagnosed with walking pneumonia 3 weeks ago and was given antibotics for it. He was also tested for mono, thyroid, iron, any ideas.
Fri, 19 Dec 2014
Hi..I feel he has got a chronic fatigue syndrome due to the atypical infection he has got. But sleeping 20 hours is abnormal and the atypical infections can often cause aseptic meningitis. I suggest you take him back to his paediatrician and get him evaluated so that we are not missing aseptic meningitis.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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