What is the definition of vegetables?

Refers to a person whose brain has completely or mostly lost its function, that is, he has lost consciousness but is still alive. This kind of patients is commonly known as vegetative. Although a vegetative person still has a heartbeat and usually has reflex actions (meaning that the brain stem is still alive and functioning), the life extension of a vegetative person usually needs the care of others, and actions such as turning over and eating need the assistance of others.

When the vegetative state lasts for more than one month, it is called "persistent vegetative state" (PVS). The longer the vegetative state, the less hope of recovery. There are 65,438+04,000 new cases of severe brain injury in the United States every year, and they are still in a vegetative state one month after injury.

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Clinical manifestations of plant state:

1, loss of active eating ability, inability to tell hunger and satiety, and sometimes swallowing, chewing, grinding teeth and other actions.

2. The purposeful activities such as intelligence, thought, will and emotion are all lost; His eyelids can be opened, his eyes turn aimlessly, he can't speak, he can't understand the language, and sometimes he can't recognize it even if he can stare.

3, incontinence.

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