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Coma

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What are the signs and symptoms of the condition?

A person in a coma does not appear to respond to voice or other sound, touch, or even painful stimulation.

Other signs in those who are in a coma are related to the cause. For example, someone with an infection may have a fever. Someone who has overdosed on narcotics may be breathing very slowly or not at all. Those with out of control diabetes may be breathing very fast.

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Author: Adam Brochert, MD
Reviewer: Gail Hendrickson, RN, BS
Date Reviewed: 03/29/01

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