How do you not die of hunger in a coma?
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In the past? Yes, you’d die. In the modern age, they’re able to insert a feeding tube to provide you with liquid nutrition, as well as intravenous saline injections to keep you hydrated.
They stick a feeding tube up your nose, down your throat and into your stomach, then hang a bag of basically Ensure that drips into the tube and nourishes you. In my case they kept going into my intestines because any food in my stomach caused stomach acid, which caused pancreas damage. So, they skipped my stomach altogether. When I woke up I wanted to know how you poop! Since there is a catheter for urine but nothing for feces. The answer to that is gross, they put a potty pad under you and when you go the nurse cleans you up and gives you a new pad. They also brushed my teeth, put drops in my eyes and moved my limbs so I didn’t atrophy. Nurses rule.
You don’t die of hunger, you’d die of starvation. Assuming you’re in a health care facility they can place a tube, at first through your nose or mouth into the stomach and give nutrients, if it’s going to be more long term, the tube would be switched to a surgical placement. They can also provide nutrients through an IV.
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