The longest coma, or the whole life without consciousness

The famous song sings: "There is only a moment between the past and the future." He is called our life. But what, even if this "moment" a person conducts unconscious? Should I hold onto him for that? No one will give an exact answer to this question. However, there are cases where a person has been between life and death for decades and has grasped this "moment". Let's talk about the longest comas in which a person has visited.

A dream of a lifetime

The debt of the coma was fixed in the USA. At the end of 1969, the New Year, a 16-year-old girl with pneumonia got to the hospital. If this was an ordinary case in medical practice, she would undergo a course of treatment and return to a full life. But Edward O'Bara suffered from diabetes. On January 3, insulin did not reach the circulatory system, and the girl lost consciousness for many years.

The last phrase of modern "Snow White" was a request to the mother not to leave her. The woman kept her word: she spent thirty-five years at her daughter's bedside. She celebrated all her birthdays, read her books and believed in the best. She only went to sleep and shower. In 2008, the mother died, and her sister was taken over by the sister of an unusual patient.

In November 2012, at the age of 59, "Snow White" died. Thus, the longest coma lasted 42 years.

It is noteworthy that she spent all unconscious years with her eyes open. She did not see or hear others, did not react to anything. To shorten the eyelids of Edward O'Bar Could only on the day of his death.

Is there a chance to wake up after many years?

Until recently, doctors were confident that between life and death a person is only the first month. Then his return to consciousness is impossible. Some relatives of patients did not like this situation, and they waited for years at the bed of a loved one until he wakes up.

The longest coma, after which the patient began to react to others, lasted 20 years. It was exactly so many years that American Sara Scantlin spent unconscious after being hit by a drunk driver. To be precise, unconscious, she spent 16 years. Then I began to communicate with loved ones with the help of the eyes. After 4 more years some reflexes and speech returned to her. However, after awakening, Sara sincerely believed that she was still 18 years old.

In fact, the longest coma, after which the man came to, happened with a Polish resident - Jan Gbsky. Pole unconscious spent 19 years. When Ian woke up, most of all he was amazed at the number and assortment of goods in stores. And for good reason. He "fell asleep" in the early eighties, when martial law was introduced in the country. Gzhbsky came to himself in 2007.

Cases in Russia and Ukraine

In these countries, too, there are cases of a miraculous return to life. So, the Russian teenager Valera Narozhnigo came to his senses after 2.5 years of deep sleep. In a coma, a 15-year-old boy found himself after being struck with an electric shock.

A Ukrainian young man, Kostya Shalamaga, spent two years without consciousness. He was in a hospital bed after the accident. A 14-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle was hit by a car.

Of course, both these examples can not take place in the Guinness Book of World Records in the category "The longest coma". But the parents probably did not want the boys to become famous in this way. In both cases, relatives say that a miracle happened because the relatives prayed and believed in it.

Life after a "long sleep"

The longest coma from which a man came out made scientists return to the study of this unconscious state. Now it is known that the brain is able to recover itself. True, it is not yet clear how to "include" this mechanism.

African researchers believe that you can find a cure for coma. According to them, it is possible to temporarily bring a person to consciousness in our days. Some sleeping pills have such properties. However, this issue has been little studied.

So far, according to observers, the most difficult for a person who has been between life and death is psychological adaptation. It is difficult for a patient to believe that he has grown older, his relatives have grown old, children have grown, and the world has become different.

Some people, after returning from a deep sleep, simply do not understand their loved ones. So, for example, Englishwoman Linda Walker, waking up, began to speak in Jamaican dialect. Doctors believe that the case is associated with genetic memory. Perhaps Linda's ancestors were the bearers of this language.

Why do people fall into a coma?

It is still not clear why some people fall into such a state. But each case shows that there was some deviation in the body.

At the moment there are more than 30 types of coma:

• Traumatic (accident, injury);
• Thermal (supercooling, overheating);
• Toxic (alcohol, drugs);
• Endocrine (diabetes), etc.

Any kind of deep sleep is a dangerous state between life and death. In the cerebral cortex, inhibition occurs, the work of the nervous system and blood circulation is disrupted. Reflexes are extinguished in a person. It is more like a plant.

It used to be that people do not feel anything in a coma. Everything changed, after the incident with Martin Pistorius. The young man fell into a coma because of a sore throat, and lived there for 12 years. After awakening in 2000, Martin said that he felt and understood everything, he simply could not give a signal. At present, the man is married and works as a designer.

Hyperglycemic coma, symptoms and emergency treatment

Diabetic patients should be singled out in a separate row. It was in it that the first heroine of our article was 42 years old. The main thing is that at the initial stage of this disease, a person can be helped.

When in the body with diabetes mellitus the blood glucose level rises and toxins accumulate, then the hyperglycemic coma develops . Symptoms of the disease are as follows:

• Growing weakness;
• Constantly thirsty;
• Loss of appetite;
• Frequent urge to go to the toilet;
• Drowsiness raises;
• Skin blushes;
• Breathing accelerates.

After these symptoms, a person can lose consciousness, fall into a coma and die. To prevent this from happening, you need to urgently introduce insulin intravenously or intramuscularly. And also call an ambulance.

The main thing is not to mix this kind of loss of consciousness with hypoglycemia. With the last disease in the blood in the blood sugar drops. Insulin in this case will only hurt.