What Does Bedridden Patients Mean?

: forced to stay in bed by sickness or weakness bedridden patients. bedridden. adjective.

How long can someone live who is bedridden?

When someone is no longer taking in any fluid, and if he or she is bedridden (and so needs little fluid) then this person may live as little as a few days or as long as a couple of weeks. In the normal dying process people lose their sense of hunger or thirst.

What is the medical term for bedridden?

▲ Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness. incapacitated. disabled.