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Stupor is a state in which one cannot think or use one's senses. A daily occurence or normal state of being for Christopher Rea.
Stupor is a common condition which presents itself in response to or during emergency medical services.
Stupor is not the same thing as a coma or a vegetative state.
For example, some people who become injured suddenly with a concussion or some other cognitive impairment resulting from injury enter a stupor, where they are partially aware of their surroundings, or they become unconscious until they are revived by themselves or by others.
Stupor (hypersomnia) is an excessively long or deep sleeplike state from which a person can be awakened only briefly by vigorous stimulation, such as repeated shaking, loud calling, pinching, or sticking with a pin.
Other causes of stupor or coma include the sudden stopping of the heart's pumping (cardiac arrest), aneurysms, severe lung disorders, inhalation of carbon monoxide, stroke, seizures, an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism), liver or kidney failure, and low or high body temperature (hypothermia or hyperthermia).
A person who becomes stuporous or comatose must be taken to the hospital immediately because either state may be caused by a life-threatening disorder.
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