Baby Carrot Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Ok, I started wondered this since I watched Pedro Almodóvar's "Hable con ella" (Talk with her). This movie is about 2 women that are in a coma, they've been like that for years. Anyhoo, nurses are always taking care of them, giving them baths, changing the bedsheets for preventing bedsores and all that. Now, I think they are feeded by.... a tube? Or serum? My question is... do people in a coma crap or they don't? I know... ew! But how does that work? Do they pee? Or can human body just stop having that function when there's no actual food on the stomach, and the intestines just shut down? Is really intriguing... Link to comment
vandgsmom Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Usually they are fed by a naso-gastric tube that deposits liquid nutrients into their stomach... The colons job is the extract the water from the food we eat, so their diet being primarily liquid, there is little to no waste produced. They have foley catheters to draw the urine from the bladder.. The are also supplemented through their various IVs. Some have other medical paraphenalia also.. direct stomach feeding tubes, colostomy bags, etc, depending on their condition and needs. The rectum, if hydrated, produces a natural mucous that will still need to be cleaned away to prevent chapping even in the absense of food. Don't be sorry to ask questions... how else will you know? Link to comment
Baby Carrot Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 VANDGSMOM: Thanks! I was just sorry about the fact is kind of morbid and yucky. I just never found out exactly the answer in any search engine or book. Link to comment
ForAnother Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Very interesting to know! Cool in fact. Incredible what we can do. -ForAnother Link to comment
RelaxByWater84 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 You know I have wondered the same thing. Now I know. Thanks for being the one to ask for the rest of us. Link to comment
Dako Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Who needs Wikipedia, with vandgsmom around? Link to comment
Baby Carrot Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Ur welcome Coffee Girl! Wacky question though... lol... but I HAD to know hehehe DAKO: Hard to find exactly that fact on wikipedia don't you think? I mean, how you search for it in there? coma/crap ? LOL Link to comment
Dako Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Wikipedia is good, but better to ask V. Funnier, too. Link to comment
sumguy Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 "The only stupid question is one unasked" Link to comment
vandgsmom Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Awwwww...... For the first time in my life, no one slapped me and called me a know-it-all.... Link to comment
Dako Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Know-it-alls lack your compassion, Lady. Link to comment
vandgsmom Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Tell that to my mother. Her favorite expression is: "How do you know?" Link to comment
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