The electric current raises Flatliners

Electric current can be effectively used for the treatment of patients who received a severe brain injury. Belgian scientists have actually revived patients in semi-comatose state by discharge current.

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Scientists from the University of Liege in Belgium, studied 55 patients with Brain injuries . Several people managed for some time to "return to life" by acting on their brain electrical discharges. Located in semi-comatose state   Patients wake. Some of them could move his arms or to follow the instructions of doctors and some even respond to simple questions.

This surprising discovery may lead to new treatments for people, kept to a minimum as a result of consciousness brain injury Obtained in the course of an accident or other accidents. In addition, the technique could enable such patients to inform relatives and doctors if they wish to continue to receive maintenance therapy, or they want to peacefully and without pain to die. Finally, you can see in patients semi-comatose state , Whether they are experiencing pain and in need whether it is removed.

"In some cases, relatives of victims of brain injury face the need to take difficult decisions: whether to extend the patient's life artificially, or to turn off all cell phones, - says the study's author, a specialist in the treatment of comatose patients Steven Laureus. - And we can not advise them, especially when they themselves not sure of any precise diagnosis, no prognosis, any of our therapeutic capabilities. Electrical stimulation of the brain of patients will return for a while to life and give them the opportunity to make their own decisions. "

Some patients who participated in the study were in a coma, the other in semi-comatose state in which they showed some signs of consciousness. Patients sometimes are in this position for years, and doctors do not know if they have any hope to recover. (READ MORE)

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