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5 facts about people who have fallen into a coma
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1. 53-year-old Wendy Richmond is suffering from a rare disease in which every time she tells her children, "I love you!", she falls unconscious, in fact anyone. However, it can be in an upright position, and determine what is wrong, you can only complete lack of reaction is not external stimuli. This trouble, by the way, happens not only in a declaration of love, and in any strong emotions - positive or negative, so she has to control himself and not show strong emotions, to remain conscious. Medical terms it is called cataplexy disease / narcolepsy, and in spite of the occasional mention of this disease, scientists believe that in Britain it affects up to 30,000 people.
< 2. 13-year-old Sandra Ralich from Croatia for unknown reasons, fell into a coma for 24 hours, then I woke up and began to speak with others in fluent German. His native language is Croatian, she at the same time forgot. Parents argue that the German girl just started to learn at school, and doctors are trying to understand, because of what she was unconscious, and how there is instant language change.
3. 81-year-old grandfather Fraile Angelo De Luca for four days in a coma after falling from a tree in his garden. After waking grandpa became horny. He quickly spent all his cash savings to visit brothels, and joy in the company of young girls Godyaev his granddaughter. After this decision of the court control over his bank account was transferred to his son Daniel, as Fraile been declared incapable due to their horny behavior.
4. 39-year-old man woke up after 19 years of coma, and said, "Mom. Pepsi. Milk. " Terry Wallis was 19 years old and had just celebrated the birth of his daughter. The next day, July 13, 1984 (by the way, on Friday), he is in his car lost control and ran off the road, falling from a height of six meters into the river. After 24 hours, it was discovered, by this time Terry paralyzed from the neck down, and it is located in a coma. Despite the negative outlook of doctors, parents and wife Terry put him in a special rehabilitation center. Every weekend, they brought him for 50 kilometers to the home farm where talking to him, confident that the familiar surroundings will help to quickly cope with the disease. This went on for a long 19 years, and this is one of the visits of the father saw his son Terry talking to your doctor. Terry after 19-year hiatus, he saw his daughter.
As a consequence of suffering injuries Terry has some problems with short-term memory, but nevertheless this is little compared with what he could simply do not wake up. An interesting detail - Terry fell into a coma on Friday, the 13th, and came out of it as number 13, on Friday.
5. After years of debilitating pain, thoughts of suicide, and unsuccessful attempts to treat John Roach decided to put everything at stake and agreed to the risky method of treatment - artificial ketamine coma. 50-year-old John is suffering from sympathetic nerve dystrophy (RSD), which gives him unbearable suffering. He and several other patients on an experimental basis was introduced ketamine, which is a powerful hallucinogen, and in some circles is called «Special K.»
After codeine, fentanyl and other strong analgesic therapy with ketamine was a real salvation. Now John Roach periodically receives an injection of ketamine doses in non-critical, and was finally able to get rid of the special bandages, reduces pain, and feels great, compared to what it was previously.
Source: www.mindhobby.com
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