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Tired teens : understanding and conquering chronic fatigue and POTS
2021
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What do you do as a teenager when you go from being an active A-student with a busy social life to suddenly feeling as if you have no energy left? What's happened? Why do you feel so tired all of the time? And why is it so difficult to pinpoint what's wrong and get the right treatment? In Tired Teens, Dr. Fischer offers answers, hope and healing. He draws on his years of experience treating thousands of young patients at Mayo Clinic to transfer hard-earned knowledge in a clear and compassionate way to his readers. If you're a teenager bothered by persistent tiredness - or a parent of one - then this book is for you.
Table of Contents
Prefacep. 11
Section 1Chronic fatigue
Chapter 1Got sleep?p. 25
Chapter 2I'm tired because I'm sickp. 37
Section 2What's happening in the body
Chapter 3You feel bad but don't know whyp. 47
Chapter 4The autonomic nervous systemp. 55
Chapter 5Mitochondria, muscles, and marathonsp. 63
Chapter 6Lessons from historyp. 79
Section 3What is POTS?
Chapter 7POTS!p. 89
Chapter 8Symptoms, symptoms and more symptomsp. 99
Chapter 9Causes of POTSp. 121
Section 4Evaluation and recovery
Chapter 10Evaluation of teens with possible POTSp. 135
Chapter 11How to overcome POTSp. 145
Chapter 12Possible medicationsp. 169
Chapter 13Placebos and distractionsp. 179
Chapter 14Optimism about the futurep. 187
Chapter 15Concluding commentsp. 195
Indexp. 200
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