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What Causes Excessive Sleepiness In A Child Suffering From Fever?
I have a 5 year old with a fever of 99 to 100.3 for three days - no other symptoms except she is sleeping for several hours in the afternoon. Not sure if I should just let her sleep it out and continue with plenty of rest and water or see a dr. about it being more serious.
Wed, 21 Sep 2016
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The fever indicates that her body is fighting off either viral or bacterial illness with viral illness being more common or likely.
Any illness can be accompanied by fatigue and can result in an increase in drowsiness.
This means that it is not unusual for her to be sleeping excessively, her body is using most of her energy to fight off her infection.
I hope this helps
The fever indicates that her body is fighting off either viral or bacterial illness with viral illness being more common or likely.
Any illness can be accompanied by fatigue and can result in an increase in drowsiness.
This means that it is not unusual for her to be sleeping excessively, her body is using most of her energy to fight off her infection.
I hope this helps
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