My father, who is 47 years old, was hit on the head by a brick at a construction site. His brain stem was seriously injured and he has been in coma for 42 days. He can breathe on his own and is fed th

My father, who is 47 years old, was hit on the head by a brick at a construction site. His brain stem was seriously injured and he has been in coma for 42 days. He can breathe on his own and is fed through nasal feeding. Can he wake up?

Your attending physician is right. Your father currently has no obvious conscious activity and does not act according to instructions. If the MRI examination shows brainstem damage and contusion and laceration of the left frontal, temporal and parietal brain as you said, the chance of waking up is very small. Brainstem damage directly affects conscious activities, and brain herniation was formed before the operation. High muscle tone and dorsiflexion of the limbs are still left.

Generally speaking, we say that the recovery period usually takes 6-8 months to see how the recovery goes. Including physical activities and state of consciousness. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is theoretically and clinically effective for some patients and can partially restore consciousness, but there are still patients whose conscious state does not improve after treatment. It depends on your economic conditions. If your conditions are good, do more hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

If all complications, including pulmonary infection, are under control, you can be discharged home to continue treatment.

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