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Anonymous Mon 22 Nov 07:57:18 2021 No.13878608 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13878648

Explain, scientifically, what a coma is, and why people take 25+ years to wake up.

Does that body need that much time to recover from a trauma? How does the body know you're being medically on life support, allowing it to recuperate for that long?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Nov 2021 08:04:07 No.13878622 Report

Quoted By: >>13879918 >>13880314

How do you expect /sci/ to answer a question most researchers can't even answer? Its just pointless speculation that eventually delves into the realm of patient anecdotes and spiritualism.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Nov 2021 08:10:11 No.13878633 Report

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There have been a lot of recorded instances of people awakening from comas months before death, and these are people who spent 10, 20 years like that. My theory is that the body can sense that it's weakening and about to die, much in the same way pre death lucidity has been documented, and certain brain functions which normally cause the coma begin to change.
>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_lucidity
Of course there are other instances where people wake up and practically move on with their lives, but that's a lot less common. Could be brain aging, could be that over time the brain "adapts" and rewires itself to get out of the coma. Unlike other organs the brain can easily compensate for losses of tissue, though it becomes less efficient when it does so.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Nov 2021 08:22:36 No.13878648 Report

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>>13878608
wikipedia literally tells you
>loss of consciousness caused by damage to the cerebral cortex or brain stem

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Nov 2021 17:33:30 No.13879918 Report

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>>13878622
Why is /sci/ so stupid?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Nov 2021 17:39:52 No.13879937 Report

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Is this very common? I was under the impression that most comas are relatively short lived and the long ones, though they happen, are mostly a Hollywood thing.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Nov 2021 19:49:24 No.13880314 Report

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>>13878622
"It's just pointless speculation."

That's the point dumbass. Without speculation and conjecture, there wouldn't be a place to start with science. I hope you get raped by Tyrone and Jamal.

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