Unconscious vs sleeping

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How come when someone get unconscious people get their tongue out so they don’t choke on it…but when we sleep we never have to worry about it?

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Sleep is more an altered state of consciousness rather than actually being unconscious. This means that the sleeping person can still react to stimuli even if it’s lessened. A person who is truly unconscious cannot react to stimuli because their brain doesn’t react to it.

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