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Can Asthma Cause Sudden Sleepiness?

my 4 yr old son has episodes where he takes a deep breath and then he get very tired causing him to fall asleep. the dr say that he is having an asthmia attack because his oxygen level was 95 and with a nebulizer treatment he went up to 98. Can asthma cause sudden sleepiness????
Thu, 21 May 2015
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Sudden sleepiness in your child may be due to relief of obstruction in respiratory tract after nebulisation. But if the child is drowsy and less responsive and you feel that the reflexes are not normal for him, then do go for an immediate pediatrician examination. A build up of carbon-dioxide in the blood due to obstruction in respiratory passages can lead to similar symptoms.
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Can Asthma Cause Sudden Sleepiness?

Hi Sudden sleepiness in your child may be due to relief of obstruction in respiratory tract after nebulisation. But if the child is drowsy and less responsive and you feel that the reflexes are not normal for him, then do go for an immediate pediatrician examination. A build up of carbon-dioxide in the blood due to obstruction in respiratory passages can lead to similar symptoms.