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Coma
Coma is a medical condition characterized by an non arousable state of unconsciousness. The brain activity seen in a comatose patient shows that being in a coma is not the same as sleeping.
How long it usually lasts:
Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)
How common is it?
Rare
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