How does awake take place after traumatic brain injury coma do patients recall feelings and family?
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There's no way to predict how much recall a person will have.  One of my patients was expected to have no memory of past and family yet she had a surprising amount of recall and knew family members immediately.  It may help matters to sit bedside during the coma period and talk to him.  Speak about past experiences and memories, people you have both known, significant events you have shared and so forth.  Your loved one will hear you and after he comes out of the coma may even mention parts of the conversations you had with him.  I also suggest you speak to his family about your concerns.  They may share these concerns.  You all may need to consult his Neurologist for more information.
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Mind is Reconstructive:\nEvents are imperfectly remembered. Many events are not remembered at all. Some events are remembered initially but later gradually forgotten. \n\nA trigger (e.g. an article in a newspaper, a photograph of a friend etc) might bring back a recently forgotten memory. However, most events eventually become permanently lost and can never be retrieved. \n\nIt is impossible for the brain to store complete details of every event. It simply does not have the storage capacity to hold that amount of data. Rather, only a minimal amount of information is actually stored in the brain. \n\nWhen we recall a memory, our mind will automatically "flesh out" the recollection by inventing details of the event, based on previous similar experiences. This process is largely unconscious; we are not generally aware of it happening. \n\nOne interesting phenomenon can occur when the memory is being recalled as a result of questions by a therapist or interrogator. Their suggestive questions can distort this "fleshing out" process. The mind can add new components to the memory that are unrelated to the original event. Even more interestingly, these distortions will later re-enter the client's memory, and will probably emerge during subsequent recalls.
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I had one in 2003 but it was put in after I slipped into a coma.  All I remember is it hurt like heck coming back out.
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I saw a report I think on 20/20 about amnesia,and Yes that is very common. One of the people they talked with was a high school kid who was very outgoing,and popular as well as a very good athlete before ehe was in a car accident. After that he was a recluse who didn't like sports,and very shy. In the report Dr's said most people will never recover from amnesia. If they do recover it would be in the first 30 days. after that the chances are almost none.
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Mine is waking up after months in a coma.  Not having any memory of anything except my kids and husband.  I was then told I was no longer married and then I begged to speak to my Mom and I was told my Mom died 1 year earlier.  I wasn't even in the State where I had gotten ill.  Now, I still have amnesia and my short term memory is barely there.  I write a lot of things down.  I then was told I married again and I do not remember getting married again (after the West Nile Encephalitis).  The man took advantage of me and my very serious condition.  I am still trying to find a lawyer to get it annulled.  My life has been hell ever since I woke up. Sometimes I wish I never woke up.  And I also had to be brought back to life 2 times, I do not recall anything.  I do believe this is a good thing in the long run.  But I had to teach myself how to write, add, subtract, type, etc. again.  I did not get any help from anyone until about 9 months ago.  The rehab program is wonderful and I am not the same person, but I know that I just have to survive differently.  Your Dad was a very lucky man.  He didn't get any brain damage from that incident.  He would have been in the same situation as I am now.\nI'm glad he is okay and you didn't have to endure a great loss.
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What you describe is a normal phenomena.  There are four states or stages of sleep- the first being simply a drousy state when you would still consider yourself awake, or very nearly so.  The second stage is when you no longer have conscious awareness of your surroundings, and will awaken fairly easily.  Just prior to the third stage, the brain immobilizes muscles in preparation for the third stage- dream or REM state.  This prevents or at least inhibits to a large degree- muscle movement, so you don't act out your dreams.  The 4th stage is a very deep state, which takes a bit to rouse from.  If you awaken during the transition into or out of 3rd stage sleep, it is usual to be disoriented and to feel somewhat frozen and out of control of your body.    The brain has to "reboot" everything to allow you to take full conscious control.  Normally this only takes a few seconds, and is why when you first wake you usually yawn and stretch before really feeling fully awake.  It should pass within a few seconds, as you return to complete waking state. \n  It isn't anything as exotic as astral travel or projection, it's a normal sleepy brain reaction.  You have simply become wakeful before the system fully booted.  It's happened to most people, usually if they are woken when they weren't expecting to be, or earlier than they they probably should be.
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IF your mother is comatose, you shouldn't care for her at all...she needs to be cared for by professionals in a hospital setting. Reasons:\n\n\n\nEvaluating the comatose patient\nRapid neurologic assessment is key to appropriate management\n\nKhalid Malik, MBBS; David C. Hess, MD\n\nVOL 111 / NO 2 / FEBRUARY 2002 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCME learning objectives \n\nTo review the basic pathophysiology of coma \nTo understand the critical elements of neurologic examination of the comatose patient \nTo recognize critical steps in treating the comatose patient \nThe authors disclose no financial interest in this article. \n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThis is the first of two articles on critical care. \n\nThis page is best viewed with a browser that supports tables. \n\nPreview: Coma is the most severe form of unresponsiveness, in which a patient is totally unaware of self and surroundings. With the patient so disengaged during examination, management can be particularly challenging. What steps should the primary care physician take to ensure the most appropriate care for a comatose patient? In this article, Drs Malik and Hess describe an evaluation plan, laboratory studies, and treatment options and discuss the prognosis associated with coma.\nMalik K, Hess DC. Evaluating the comatose patient: rapid neurologic assessment is key to appropriate management. Postgrad Med 2002;111(2):38-55 \n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nComa is defined as a sleeplike state with total absence of awareness of self and the environment, even after vigorous external stimulation. Coma is the most severe form of unresponsiveness, and by definition, comatose patients lie with their eyes closed. \n\nTo avoid confusion and to improve communication, it is helpful to describe the level of consciousness with terms such as "alert," "drowsy," "stuporous," or "comatose" and to avoid words like "lethargic" or "obtunded," which lack precise meanings. Because other conditions resemble coma, it is important to distinguish the cause of the problem as quickly as possible. Specifically, it is helpful to determine whether the patient is, in fact, in a coma or whether the patient's condition might more appropriately be called persistent vegetative state or locked-in syndrome (see box below). \n\nCauses of coma \nComa results from one of two pathophysiologic mechanisms: a diffuse insult to both cerebral hemispheres or a focal lesion involving the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) located in the upper pons, midbrain, and diencephalon. A lesion in one cerebral hemisphere will not produce coma; bihemispheric dysfunction is required. In most studies of comatose patients, the "big three" causes of coma are stroke, cranial trauma, and drug intoxication. \n\nTo assist in evaluation of coma, causes can be divided into two broad categories: structural or surgical (table 1) and metabolic or medical (table 2). Structural or surgical coma is usually associated with diffuse damage to both hemispheres from increased intracranial pressure or diffuse vascular damage. There may be a lesion in or displacement of the ARAS in the upper brainstem. In nontraumatic coma, there is a diffuse insult to both cerebral hemispheres from either an endogenous or exogenous toxin. This includes infectious causes (sepsis), drug overdose, and metabolic abnormalities, such as hyponatremia and hypernatremia. \n\nTable 1. Causes of structural or surgical coma  \nTrauma\nSubdural injury\nEpidural injury\nDiffuse axonal injury\nBrain contusions\nPenetrating head injury \n\nIntracranial hemorrhage\nSubarachnoid hemorrhage\nIntracerebral hemorrhage\n   Posterior fossa (pontine, cerebellar)\n   Supratentorial (basal ganglia
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Yes whilst awake and in my dreams too. They say that it in our dream state that family and friends come through to us with a message. Our brain will accept such an event rather than if we were to come face to face with a 'dead person'.\nMy grandmother comes through to me, she usually has two children with her - I do not know who they are. I have seen other members of my family as also friends who have passed.\nYes I have seen other people but do not know who they are.\nI also have seen orbs - spirit lights. They are breathtakingly beautiful. They leave behind a lovely and peaceful atmosphere.\nWhen I was young this frightened me. Now I am older I find it comforting.\nyia
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No. My brother was in a coma, and is just as sharp minded as he was before his stroke. Amnesia causes memory loss.
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A coma is a deep state of unconsciousness, during which an individual is not able to react to their environment. Someone in a coma cannot respond to any form of stimulation whatsoever. Coma can be caused by an underlying illness, or it can result from head trauma. While a concussion is a brief (seconds to minutes) loss of consciousness caused by a blow to the head.
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first offall what kind of question is this my god ,no one can tell , the only one that can is the one that has been killed in the gillotine and the person is dead so how  can some one tell i do know that when a persons head is cut the brain function stay functioning at least seconds but the person is in some type of coma i dont think they know anything or feel anything but if they do it last only second we cant be sure .
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My mom had an overwhelming feeling she had been shot before, but she had not in this life.  She also felt she had lived in the old west.  It was weird but rather interesting how she would describe smells, sounds, feelings of the time as if it were yesterday.\n\nI have had a hand full of important premonitions over the years.  But nothing I would call significant about past lives other than a general feeling of being comfortable with what life would have been like as a person who had something to do with painting  during the Renaissance.\n\nI think time can wrap around on itself and is not necessarily linear.  Leading to the possibility of premonitions.\n\nI have met many people who believe they have lived before. No one has told me they remembered what it was like to have died although they all had no fear of dying.
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I have often thought about where I was when my parents were children. I didn't exist, but it didn't bother me because I can't remember. Have you ever been knocked out, or fainted? You wake up with no recollection at first. Death is just long term blackout. People can wake from a 10 year coma and to them it was a day. In death you don't wake up.\nDeath will return us from whence we came...nowhere...\nWhat the f uck is shaggy on?
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i would relive this past year (well august and before) because i can't remember most of it. i have amnesia because i went into a diabetic coma complete with really bad seizures. when i was in the hospital was when i celebrated my one year anniversary with my boyfriend/fiance (almost fiance but then i went in the hospital and had trouble committing because i  forgot everything) i love him with everything in me but i want that first year back, those little reasons why i love him are what i don't know and that breaks my heart.\n\nhaley
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It's no big deal.  You literally just go to sleep almost instantly.  When you wake up, you'll be groggy- sorta like you've gotten up 2 hours early.  It's different than being sleepy- you literally can wake up, make a comment or have a short conversation, and !plop! you fall back asleep.  I've never understood why, but your head feels really HEAVY right afterwards.  When you raise it to look around, I swear, it feels like you're picking up a 16-pound bowling ball.  Doesn't hurt- just HEAVY.\n\nThey will normally wake you up right after the procedure- before you're taken back to your room.  You may or may not remember this.  You'll awake to a nurse tapping your cheeks calling your name.  Once they see you're awake, they let you go back to sleep- which takes like 1 second....and you'll wake up in your room.\n\nI glanced at some of the answers here & some are ridiculious.  I've been put under 3x- believe me, it's nothing.
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Simple answer YES.\nI came off a horse and was knocked unconscious for 3 days.\n2 weeks after leaving hospital I had a really bad accident and suffered liver damage plus all the skin on my face peeled off.\n4 weeks after that I was in a car accident and broke my leg, collar bone, broke my nose and again was unconscious for 4 days.\nDoes my story qualify?
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It is the mind remembering a very similar situation that happened in a past life.  You know it has happened before, but you can't explain it because you can't remember when.  I like to think of it as a bit of psycic experiece.