A vegetative person who is short of breath is likely to have a lung infection. A vegetative person can breathe on his or her own, and generally the heartbeat and blood pressure are maintained on his or her own. Symptoms such as yawning, sneezing, and coughing may occur, but cognitive ability is completely lost. If shortness of breath occurs in a vegetative person, it is likely to be caused by airway irritation due to reflux and aspiration, as well as lung infection, for example, in pneumonia, inflammatory exudation from the lungs leads to a decrease in the function of lung gas exchange, which affects the oxygen content of the blood. The organism then compensates by increasing the respiratory rate, causing the patient to experience shortness of breath. The vegetative person appears this situation is more dangerous, the family should take the patient to the hospital in a timely manner, by the doctor to check the diagnosis, to take treatment, to avoid delaying the condition.