So yes, people in a coma still poop. Many comatose patients stay in the hospital's intensive care unit (ICU), where doctors and nurses can continually monitor them. There is very little poo because you are not eating all the extra bits an pieces you would normally have.

Do coma patients have bowel movements?

The possible complications of a coma relate to the following: inability to respond to body stimuli, causing incontinence of the bladder and bowel. inability to move, which may result in bedsores, or pressure ulcers. inability to handle respiratory secretions, meaning pneumonia could develop.

When you're in a coma do you still poop and pee?

Like a person in a coma, a person in a PVS is bed or chair-bound, is totally dependent for all care needs, cannot eat or drink, cannot speak, and is incontinent of urine and bowels.