What does the brain do while a person is stuck in coma?
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What does the brain do while a person is stuck in coma?
I’m not sure of the exact answer, but when a patient is in a coma, it means that they are unconscious and they can’t respond to pain or other forms of stimuli like sounds, light, they can’t move and they can’t speak. A person who is in a coma is not able to sleep either, because even when you are asleep, your brain is active and working. When you are in a coma, your brain is not active. So it means that you probably can’t dream. Some people think that talking to a coma patient can help them wake up, the person in the coma probably can’t hear what is going on, but talking to them may help their friends and family help and it can certainly not do any harm to the person in a coma.
Someone who is in a coma is unconscious and has minimal brain activity. It is not possible to wake a coma patient using physical or auditory stimulation. They’re alive, but can’t be woken up and show no signs of being aware.
The person’s eyes will be closed and they’ll appear to be unresponsive to their environment. They won’t normally respond to sound or pain, or be able to communicate or move voluntarily. Additionally a person in a coma fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound; lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and, does not initiate voluntary actions, being unable to consciously feel, speak, hear, or move. Someone in a coma will also have very reduced basic reflexes such as coughing and swallowing. They may be able to breathe on their own, although some people require a machine to help them breathe.