Brain Dead: Why does brain death happen, know its symptoms and causes, can a person recover after brain death?
In the last few weeks, we all must have heard about some medical terms through the news. Nishant, who became the youngest organ donor (16 months) of the capital Delhi, was declared brain dead by the doctors. There were also reports of famous comedian Raju Srivastava admitted to AIIMS Delhi being declared brain dead, although this is not officially confirmed. What is the status of brain dead, is it an indicator of death? There must be many such questions in the mind of all of us. In this article we will try to understand in detail about brain death. Doctors say, brain death is known as the legal definition of death in medical language. Declaring someone brain dead means that their brain has stopped functioning in all respects, that is, every physical and mental activity has been stopped by the brain from sending signals to the body to the ability to understand or speak . Brain death cannot be cured, it is a permanent condition. After all, why and how does the condition of brain deat...