Carlos Rodriguez: a man without a brain lives today

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:53

What is the most important organ in a person? Almost everyone, without hesitation, will answer that we are talking about the brain. We all know that the nervous system controls all processes in the body. How would you react to the message that the American Carlos Rodriguez, who lives today, is a man without a brain in the most direct physiological sense?

Unusual detention

In 2010, American police detained an unusual person. The suspect was charged with robbery, possession of drugs and prostitution. The detainee Carlos Rodriguez behaved adequately at the police station, he obediently took a picture, left fingerprints and began to fill out a standard questionnaire. Problems arose when the line "special signs" remained empty. The thing is, Carlos Rodriguez is “a man without a brain,” which is how the media dubbed him. This guy is missing his forehead, and accordingly, the frontal lobes, andalong with them - a significant fragment of the skull.

Carlos Rodriguez is a man without a brain. What happened to him, how did he become like this?

From birth, this guy was completely normal and did not fundamentally differ from his peers in terms of physical indicators. As a teenager, Carlos got involved with bad company and started using alcohol and drugs. The tragedy that changed his life occurred when he was 14 years old. Being in a state of alcoholic and drug intoxication, Carlos stole a car and had an accident. During the collision, the teenager flew out through the windshield and hit his head on the asph alt. The doctors managed to save his life, but a significant fragment of the skull and brain had to be removed.

Brain injuries are not always fatal

A remarkable fact is that after all the operations and the rehabilitation period, the patient, who lost a significant part of the brain, did not change at all. He retained all memories and mental faculties. Despite the fact that Carlos Rodriguez is a “man without a brain” (the photo in the article clearly demonstrates this), he continues to smile, is able to keep up the conversation on various topics, quickly and appropriately answers the questions posed. Scientists today do not have an exact explanation of how you can live without a brain and retain most of the mental functions. A popular hypothesis in scientific circles is that the nerve endings located in the abdominal region partially replace the traditional organ of thinking.

Is it possible to live withoutbrain?

It is worth noting that Carlos Rodriguez became famous immediately after his arrest in 2010, that's when his photos appeared on the Internet. For a long time, the public argued: is this a real photo or a montage. But in fact, not only Carlos Rodriguez lives with such a pathology. "Man without a brain" is also in China. This is a boy, Ho Gozhu, born in 2000. At the age of 6, he was given a terrible diagnosis, meaning an inflammatory disease of the brain. In order to save the child, doctors had to remove the entire right side of the brain, as well as a fragment of the skull. For some time, Huo Guozhu looked like Carlos Rodriguez, but it was decided to have plastic surgery and return the boy to a normal appearance. To solve this problem, a titanium plate was made. The operation to install it was successful, and today Huo Guozhu looks no different from his peers.

What does Carlos Rodriguez do - a man without a brain, known to the whole world? Today he records video messages, the main purpose of which is to confirm the reality of his personality and existing physiological characteristics. In his videos, he encourages young people to give up bad habits and be careful. Carlos claims that the tragedy that happened in his life taught him a lot. However, despite this fact, various sources claim that a person without half of the brain did not stop smoking marijuana.