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What could cause a healthy seventeen year old boy to fall into a coma without any injury?
9 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A Few Reasons: There could be several possibilities, including toxicity or an infectious disease process.
Answered 4/11/2012
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See below: There are many possibilities for this problem, most concerning amongst them would be infection. Other possibilities include bleeding and chemical use. A neurologist would be able to further help with this problem. I am sorry that i cannot be more helpful here.
Answered 4/24/2015
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Several causes: among the possible causes - intracranial hemorrhage, outcome of status epilepticus, underlying metabolic disorder that was asymptomatic but was triggered. In these situations one muct also consider toxins or effect of drugs.
Answered 4/10/2015
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