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What Causes Extreme Deep Sleep?

MY 19 YEAR OLD GRANDSON HAS ALWAYS SLEPT OR NAPPED IN A VERY DEEP SLEEP. WHEN TRYING TO WAKE HIM, YOU CAN PINCH, SLAP, HIM AND IF HE DOESN T WAKEUP ON HIS OWN, WILL NOT RESPOND. TAKES NO MEDICATION TO SLEEP, OR NONE OTHER ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR ANY CONDITION. HE IS 6 2 AND 165 LBS. THANKS, COULD THIS BE A POSSIBLE MEDICAL ISSUE?
posted on Sat, 30 Dec 2017
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Welcome to HealthcareMagic ,

Please see that if the sleep pattern is on daily pattern or since a long time and child does not have any problem at daytime then it is not to worry.
If there are any problem at day time or recent sleep pattern or any abnormal psychological problem in your child then you should go for EEG and sleep study .
Besides undergo basic testing as blood sugar level and urine complete besides b urea and serum Creatinine and SGOT/ SGPT .

If you have any further query then you can come back to HealthcareMagic.
I will definitely help you .

With Regards,
Dr Varinder Joshi
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What Causes Extreme Deep Sleep?

Hi Welcome to HealthcareMagic , Please see that if the sleep pattern is on daily pattern or since a long time and child does not have any problem at daytime then it is not to worry. If there are any problem at day time or recent sleep pattern or any abnormal psychological problem in your child then you should go for EEG and sleep study . Besides undergo basic testing as blood sugar level and urine complete besides b urea and serum Creatinine and SGOT/ SGPT . If you have any further query then you can come back to HealthcareMagic. I will definitely help you . With Regards, Dr Varinder Joshi