Vegetative is the common name for a body that has been in a vegetative state for a long time, which is a kind of consciousness disorder. The cerebral hemispheres of vegetative patients are severely damaged, but the brainstem function is relatively normal, and the patients lose most of their cognitive functions to the outside world and themselves, and they will have the performance of not being able to communicate with the outside world.
Vegetative people are commonly seen in traumatic brain injury, if there is a cranium and brain with extrusion injury, deceleration injury, craniocervical junction injury may cause brain damage, thus appearing in a vegetative state.
In addition, some patients may become vegetative if they suffer from stroke or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and are not treated in time.
It is recommended that patients in a vegetative state need to seek prompt medical attention, and the doctor will choose appropriate measures to treat the patient’s condition.