when the body goes into a coma what happens?
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Although the brain isn’t functioning at its normal level in a coma, much of the body is still functioning. Some people in a coma require a ventilator to breathe, but comatose people still require food, which their body digests as usual. In a coma the hair still grows, and muscles mass still responds to stimulus—nurses often move coma patients to keep their muscles from atrophying. There’s still a lot going on in the body, even if it doesn’t look that way.
While a person is in their comatose state, their body is working to get them out of it. In the case of a drug overdose or disease such as diabetes, medications can be given to help restore normal brain function. Brain swelling can be a cause of a coma, and in those cases, the body will work to heal while doctors reduce swelling.