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Coma
Coma is a medical condition characterized by an non arousable state of unconsciousness. The brain activity seen in a comatose patient shows that being in a coma is not the same as sleeping.
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A 39-year old asked:
What can cause a coma?
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How are comas measured?
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A 25-year old male asked:
What causes "food coma"?
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How do you feel in a coma?
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Do people in coma hear you?
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Can you snore while in a coma?
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What sort of disease is a coma?
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Do men in comas have erections?
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A 36-year old asked:
What causes a coma in a car crash?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is it like to being in a coma?
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Has anyone had surgery during coma?
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How does someone come out of a coma?
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What causes someone to go into a coma?
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How long can a person be in a coma for?
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A 31-year old asked:
Any cases of infants in comas for years?
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What are the chances of surviving a coma?
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What are the symptoms of being in a coma?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can a person in a coma hear things at all?
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A 31-year old asked:
What can happen when you come out of a coma?
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A 45-year old asked:
Do people get there memory back after a coma?
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A 38-year old asked:
Does your function normally if you're in a coma?
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A 33-year old asked:
Can pills put cause a person to fall into a coma?
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A member asked:
When a person wakes up from a coma are they tired?
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A 46-year old asked:
What kind of experience is it to come out of a coma?
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A 46-year old asked:
For how long can you live in a coma without treatment?
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A 33-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of someone about to go into coma?
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Are there symptoms that usually follow a prolongd coma?
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A 32-year old asked:
What happens when someone wakes up from being in a coma?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is the difference between unconsciousness and coma?
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How long is it safely to stay in a medically induced coma?
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