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Chapter 5
    An Adolescent with Fatigue
    Dawn Lee Garzon
    Fatigue is one of the most common adolescent complaints in primary care settings. A number of medical, behavioral, and psychosocial factors can produce this subjective complaint; therefore, pediatric healthcare providers must be able to differentiate among common causes of fatigue and determine the need for medical intervention for adolescents with this complaint.
    Educational Objectives
    1.   Consider adolescent development issues affecting both the diagnosis and treatment of fatigue.
    2.   Describe the lifestyle factors that affect the incidence of adolescent fatigue.
    3.   Describe the

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