I have a loved one in a coma and well I've herd some things about it but I want to know if there is away to tell if they will make it out okay and/or how long it could potentially take

No, there is no way. A short term coma from temporary pressure on the brain is common enough, and that might be days, weeks, a few months.
There have been some who came out of a coma after many years, either partially or completely. It's rare though, if doctors pretty much agreed that it wasn't going to happen. Sometimes brain wave patterns really do mean there's no hope. Each part of the brain has it's own activity or not. It's something that immediate family can discuss in detail with the neurologist (if this is a case of a long term 'persistent vegetative state.')

I wish there was. But no there is no way. I am sorry to hear this.

My girl friend is in a coma and I got told that she said my name... but she's still in a coma

Well that's actually a very good sign.. that somewhere in her subconscious she thinks of you

It means that their brain is still functioning.

I know people want to put far too much into the littlest of things. It is all the hope we have.

You asked about this yesterday, but haven't said whether this is a recent coma or long term one. Very important. If she said your name, it sounds recent and hopeful, just temporary. Can you go to the hospital to talk to her and hold her hand? Such things are helpful.

chace, if you gave us more information we might be able to give you better advice. What have the doctors said about her condition?

Whether you add more information or not, if you have more questions on this subject, please keep them in this thread. It helps keep the bits and pieces in one place so we have a better understanding of your needs.

I read that when someone is in a coma that they suffer horrible pain ten times worse as a torture victim and it happens when they are shown affection or even thought about.. is this true? Cause I thought that was the best thing to do was to show you care and to be there for them.

No, of course not, where are you reading such things.

Ridiculous

I just read it on this random site I don't know what it was.. just been trying to research

Doctors induce comas just for the purpose of reducing pain and accelerate the healing process.

You came to the right site to get good answers. Stop reading hogwash !

She wasn't induced...



She was in a bad car accident



Oops forgot to mention I was asking this cause my girlfriend is in a coma...

WHEN was the accident?
I told you before that it is important to know if this is short term or long term.
And to go see her, and hold her hand, if you are allowed. You might not be if only immediate family are so far.

It was on Sunday

The internet says that Bill Clinton has lunch with Space aliens at the White house. You have to look at the sources of information.
The best thing for a comma patient can be having a love one near.

I am sorry for the pain you are going though, but you are not really giving clean info as to the issues and problems.

Yeah sorry I'm just going through a lot so I tend to forget some things

Chace, I'm sorry your girlfriend is in a coma. However, if she were in a true coma she would not be able to speak your name.

As far as how long comas last, each one is individual. There is no way we could know how long hers will last. Her neurologist won't even know how long her coma will last.

Yes she could, my aunt is educated in medical and she said that it is possible

Even one of my friends said it is

Is your friend a medical profession? I don't think so. I am. I know what happens when a person is in a coma.

If they are in a coma, they can not speak. Sorry, some people want to hear things so bad. Or confuse movies with fact. Or a few folk lore.

Don't have to be snobby but it is indeed possible and I also told u my aunt was educated in medical

I sit here in ICU as a registered nurse watching over my patient. If a person is in a coma they cannot speak.

Its rare but it is possible and it does happen

Oh, okay, since you have been to medical/nursing school I'll take your word for it.

I know in nursing school I wasn't taught that, and of all of the patients I've taken care of, none of them could speak while in a coma. Speech in one of the indicators that the person is actually NOT in a coma.

I never said I went to medical school -__- my aunt and friend did..

I think they are trying to tell you what you want to hear, sadly family often lie to family of seriously ill patients.

Part of being in a coma is just that, they have no control over any motor responses. By pure meaning of the word, they can not speak. If they are speaking, they are not in a true coma but are having other brain injury issues.

-__- my aunt is blunt and everyone that told me would not lie to me about such things so I'm done here

Ask your aunt to tell you when she heard this, ( it was when they were coming out of the coma not in it)

Also ask her to show you in medical book. Sorry, but she is wrong, but on the good side, if your girlfriend actually spoke, she is not in a real coma, just not awake yet.

Chace, really does it matter? Coma or 'drifting in and out of consciousness' - what matters is what happens in the next days and weeks. As soon as the hospital and family allow you to visit her, please do so. It is well known that even if someone can't lift their eyelids or move or speak, they often can hear and feel your hand. And that it HELPS. Let us know?