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Coma
10 min read
Also known as: unconsciousness · comatose state · deep unconsciousness · coma state · sopor · persistent vegetative state · coma patient · Glasgow Coma Scale · vegetative state · unconscious
Your Body Is Speaking
The person lies there. Closed eyes, quiet breath, a body that is present and simultaneously not. Coma is one of the most puzzling states in medicine — a consciousness that has withdrawn without taking final leave. The machines beep, the values are monitored, and yet the central question remains open: where is this person right now?
Intensive care medicine stabilises the body. It keeps organs running, regulates circulation, protects the brain from further harm. That is indispensable — and it is not what this is about. BodySignal asks the question behind the question: What moved this consciousness to withdraw so completely from the world? What is taking place in the depths of a person whose system has not chosen death, but no longer wants to stand in life?
Coma is not only a defect of the brain — it is a withdrawal of the deepest order.
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