Is vegetative brain death?

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Vegetative is a special human state similar to the fifth generation state. In addition to retaining some of the body's instinctive nerve reflex and the ability to metabolize material and energy, this kind of person has completely lost his cognitive ability. This disease is very serious for patients, if there are vegetative people, this disease could not normally live together, and need someone to take care of it. Is vegetative brain death? Let's talk about my views.

Is vegetative brain death?

First of all: No, vegetative people don't have any feelings. Vegetative people are mainly referred to as the living state of plants. Generally speaking, except for spontaneous breathing, the heartbeat is totally unconscious. Unable to eat, unable to defecate, in a state of brain death. And it's hard to treat.

Secondly, brain death is different from "vegetative person". Brain stem function of "vegetative person" is normal. Coma is only due to severe damage of cerebral cortex or sudden inhibition. Patients can have spontaneous breathing, heartbeat and brain stem reaction, while brain death has no spontaneous breathing, which is permanent and irreversible. Brain death is a kind of death in essence.

Finally: brain death EEG is a straight line, and vegetative brain will still have a certain consciousness. Although both of them are in deep coma, the coma of the brain dead is irreversible, that is, it is impossible to wake up, while the vegetative person may be awake, or may remain coma until the disease worsens. The most important thing is that brain dead people can't breathe autonomously, while vegetative people can breathe autonomously.

matters needing attention

In order to keep the indoor air fresh, patients should often bask in the sun, the key is to do a good job in skin care, the key is to prevent bedsore; We should often push the patients to the outside and look outside. External stimulation is very necessary for patients to wake up.