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Does inflammation of the brain necessarily mean that person is in a coma?
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∙ 9y ago
No. Exams of patients with encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) usually reveal a drowsy or confused patient but not in a coma. A person in a coma state can not be aroused.
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How would one get a brain injury coma?
There are several different ways a person can end up in a coma due to a brain injury. A person can go into a coma if the brains swells or bleeds after the injury.
In coma will the brain have waves?
The brain is constantly working even if a person is in a coma. The only reason this would change is because the person has gone brain dead and the brain is no longer producing waves of activity.
Which term means an inflammation of brain?
Encephalitis is irritation and swelling (inflammation) of the brain. Inflammation of the brain can be caused either by an infection or from the immune system attacking the tissue of the brain. It usually starts with flu-like symptoms which rapidly worsen. A sufferer may experience seizures, confusion, drowsiness, lack of consciousness or even coma. If not treated quickly it can lead to life-threatening brain damage. ' Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) can be caused either by an infection or from the immune system attacking the tissue of the brain. It usually starts with flu-like symptoms which rapidly worsen. A sufferer may experience seizures, confusion, drowsiness, lack of consciousness or even coma. If not treated quickly it can lead to life-threatening brain damage.
What is enchephilitis?
Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a viral infection. It can result in flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, and confusion. Severe cases can lead to brain damage, seizures, and even coma.
What causes clawing in hands with a person in a coma?
Any brain damage obtained before the state of coma is what causes clawing hands during a coma. This is what is commonly called a vegetative state.
When a person suffered a stroke and falls into a sleeplike coma and the damaged is somewhere in the brain stem which structure is most likely damaged?
Stroke damage is always somewhere in the brain. However, you cannot say that every person who has had a stroke and is in a coma has had the stroke in the same part of the brain. Strokes can affect just about any area of the brain.
When a person suffered a stroke and falls into a sleep-like coma and the damaged is somewhere in the brain stem which structure is most likely damaged?
When a stroke effects the brain stem it effects the whole body locking them in that sleep-like coma state. Blood flow is restricted to the brain and the entire brain is impacted. The person effected will not be able to speak, see, or function below the neck area.
What is coma?
A coma is a deep state of unconsciousness, your brain is at its lowest activity level.
What would occur if your brain stopped working?
You will be brain dead!! coma
Does a coma patient have brain activity?
Since a coma is just going to sleep and never waking up, a coma shouldn't cause brain damage. It is just that the brain is in a permanent mode of sleep in which the victim cannot be aroused.
Where does the soul go when a person is in a coma?
the soul is still trapped in the body it is when u are considered dead or brain dead did the soul actually leave cause there is no radio waves in the brain and there is suppodes to be a chamber in the brain that proves its there
What are the symptoms of cerebral toxoplasmosis?
inflammation of the brain (encephalitis ), one-sided weakness or numbness, mood and personality changes, vision disturbances, muscle spasms, and severe headaches. If untreated, cerebral toxoplasmosis can lead to coma and death.
