What prevents people in a coma from waking up?

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Probably a very stupid question but I can’t wrap my head around it. For instance if someone had head trauma, why can they not wake up after a few days or so? What is it that keeps them unconscious for such a duration of time with nothing to wake them?

Edit: i’m confused why this got so many upvotes but thanks😁

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I similarly often wonder what makes us alive, what suddenly changes when we die that is so irreversible that we can’t replicate it even with all the 21st century advanced medical technology.

Living organisms have so many specialized things working in unison, that when one crucial part fails, everything quickly falls apart, often irreversibly.

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