What's the difference between Coma and Vegetative State?

[eashanm]

So, after ingesting SN or N, if I get "saved" and "sent" to hospital, what's the most likely scenario? Do I die, go into coma or become a vegetable?

What's the difference between Coma and Vegetative state?

 

[Praestat_Mori]

"What are comas and persistent vegetative states?
Coma is a deep and prolonged state of unconsciousness resulting from disease, injury or poisoning. The word coma usually refers to the state in which a person appears to be asleep but cannot be awakened.

Persistent vegetative state refers to another form of altered consciousness in which the person appears to be awake but does not respond meaningfully to the outside world. In this condition, the person's eyes may be open and there may be some yawning, grunting or other vocalizations. In both cases, the patient is alive, but the brain does not function fully."

Source: https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/coma-and-persistent-vegetative-state

I hope that clarifies it.

 

[eashanm]

So, in coma, the person is unconcious as in eyes closed and in vegetative state, the person can open eyes and stuff at most.