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What Causes Fatigue, Abdominal Discomfort And Diarrhea?
18 year old girl - symptoms for 3 weeks - fatigue - sleeping full night of 11 - 12 hours plus nap in day of 2-3 hours. Stomach sore after eating - but place of discomfort moves around. Bowels - loose and sometimes diarrhea. Blood work done yesterday and all normal - thyroid, white blood count, sugar levels. Next steps?
It is good that all the blood tests come out normal. A good test to do in her case is stool tests for ova and parasites, stool antigen for giardia and stool culture.
If the above tests come out normal than anxiety and depression can be considered as a possible diagnosis. Depression can cause fatigue and sleeping problems and also some other like problems with concentration, loss of desire to go out and hang out with friends and family and finds life boring and without a purpose.
Please talk with your doctor on the need for the tests to rule out some parasite or infection in the bowel and if these come out normal consider depression as a possible cause of fatigue and sleep problems in her age.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Zotaj Antoneta,
General & Family Physician
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What Causes Fatigue, Abdominal Discomfort And Diarrhea?
Hi, It is good that all the blood tests come out normal. A good test to do in her case is stool tests for ova and parasites, stool antigen for giardia and stool culture. If the above tests come out normal than anxiety and depression can be considered as a possible diagnosis. Depression can cause fatigue and sleeping problems and also some other like problems with concentration, loss of desire to go out and hang out with friends and family and finds life boring and without a purpose. Please talk with your doctor on the need for the tests to rule out some parasite or infection in the bowel and if these come out normal consider depression as a possible cause of fatigue and sleep problems in her age. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Zotaj Antoneta, General & Family Physician