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Is it advisable to remove clot in brain for 85 year old in coma?
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What is coma?
A coma is a deep state of unconsciousness, your brain is at its lowest activity level.
Does inflammation of the brain necessarily mean that person is in a coma?
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.
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.
What would occur if your brain stopped working?
You will be brain dead!! coma
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.
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.
If you suffer traumatic brain injury and a coma do you you have permanent brain damage?
In most cases, yes.
Medical determination of death as the cessation of brain activity?
COMA
How can alcohol lead to coma?
Because at very high levels alcohol can sufficiently slow the brain so as to cause a 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.
What are the metabolic causes of coma?
metabolic causes of coma consist of those conditions that change the chemical environment of the brain, thereby adversely affecting function.
What does Vasculitis in the brain cause?
Vasculitis of blood vessels in the brain can lead to headaches, confusion, personality changes, seizures , and coma
