Both in movies and in real life, after someone has a life threatening injury or illness it isn’t uncommon for doctors/medical professional to induce a coma to the patient.
I understand that while in a comatose state, your body consumes resources slower and it would basically allow doctors time to operate and repair whatever is ailing the body.
But if your body wanted to go into a comatose state, wouldn’t it do it on its own as a defense mechanism to keep you alive? When is there a situation to induce one on a patient, even if the patients body is not doing it as protection itself?
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My cousin was viciously attacked. Hammer to the head.
Her brain was damaged. They put her in a coma for a few reasons, but one was because they needed her body to rest. She had to undergo several surgeries. The brain surgery was delicate, to say the least. They needed her body to not confuse and exhaust itself, trying to do too much.
They let her wake up a few weeks later. She still had to relearn how to walk, etc. I think the coma gave her brain a chance to take things slow.
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