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This can involve: providing nutrition through a feeding tube making sure the person is moved regularly so they don’t develop pressure ulcers gently exercising their joints to prevent them becoming tight keeping their skin clean managing their bowel and [brainfoundation.org.au]

These areas are most active during periods of conscious waking and are least active when in altered states of consciousness, such as general anesthesia, propofol, hypnotic state, dementia, and Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome. [en.wikipedia.org]

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There was increased extensor tone bilaterally in the lower extremities accompanied by intermittent clonus, bilateral triple flexion responses, and extensor plantar reflexes. [doi.org]

Patients have fecal and urinary incontinence. Cranial nerve and spinal reflexes are typically preserved. [msdmanuals.com]

The two main causes of a comatose state are (1) diffuse cortical damage in the two cerebral hemispheres and / or (2) bilateral white matter lesions or lesions of the brainstem reticular formation that is responsible for awakening. [internationalbrain.org]