the dangers of deep coma

deep coma refers to the most serious disorder of consciousness in clinical practice, mainly caused by brain herniation caused by cerebral hemorrhage, severe craniocerebral injury, and large-scale cerebral infarction. in a deep coma, the pupils will be dilated and the breathing rhythm will be unstable or even disappear. the hazards of secondary complications for long-term coma patients mainly include:

1. pulmonary infection: because patients in deep coma do not cough voluntarily or cough voluntarily very poorly, the secretions produced will be deposited in the lungs, causing accumulation pneumonia;

2. pressure ulcers: for patients with long-term coma, long-term bed rest, especially ischemia caused by long-term pressure on the sacrococcyx, pressure ulcers are very difficult to heal and often very serious;

3. malnutrition: patients with long-term bed rest and coma have gastrointestinal disorders. even if they are given a normal calorie supply every day, severe malnutrition will still occur due to poor absorption function.

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