Apr. 17., 2006 | 07:19 pm
No:: dzeina
Coma translates from Greek as "deep sleep." According to the modern perception, the term designates the highest degree of pathological inhibition of the central nervous system, which manifests itself in a profound loss of consciousness, the absence of reflexes for external irritations and disturbances of vital functions of human organism. Coma deprives the central nervous system of its basic governing function, which misbalances internal organs and systems, making them function independently on one another. As a result, a body loses the self-regulating ability to maintain the permanency of its internal environment.
There is a variety of reasons that can result in a coma. The reasons can be categorized in four major groups:
Intracranial processes - tumors, inflammations, vascular problems;
Respiratory system anoxaemia, blood circulation disorder;
Metabolic disorder linked with the endocrine system, first and foremost;
Various intoxications.
Comas can be primary (characterized with local deteriorations of the brain with subsequent pathological reactions from organs and systems) and secondary, which may develop as a consequence of a chronic disease such as liver impairment, diabetes, starvation, etc.
There is a variety of reasons that can result in a coma. The reasons can be categorized in four major groups:
Intracranial processes - tumors, inflammations, vascular problems;
Respiratory system anoxaemia, blood circulation disorder;
Metabolic disorder linked with the endocrine system, first and foremost;
Various intoxications.
Comas can be primary (characterized with local deteriorations of the brain with subsequent pathological reactions from organs and systems) and secondary, which may develop as a consequence of a chronic disease such as liver impairment, diabetes, starvation, etc.