Contents:
- Medical Video: What Happens When You Die?
- The body is dying before it dies, it turns out it's normal
- What happens when the body dies to death?
- Turn off the outermost 'engine'
- Can no longer breathe normally
- Skin discoloration
- Decreased nervous system ability
- The ear becomes the last sense of functioning
Medical Video: What Happens When You Die?
Have you ever seen a person who was dying before he died? What do you think about the condition of dying? Generally people will experience dying even in ways that can be different. Physically, dying is a normal and natural way in which the body prepares to stop. Then how long does this process occur and what happens when the body is dying? See below.
The body is dying before it dies, it turns out it's normal
The time needed from dying to really dying will be different for each person. There are some people who will experience unconsciousness until a few days during the dying process, there are also those that require several hours, and some even suddenly.
The old condition or not the body dying to death cannot be predicted. This depends on how fast the body turns off all the 'machines', from stopping to breathing.
The duration of dying is influenced by several factors such as how severe the disease is, and what type of treatment is being carried out. As for some physical characteristics before death that will occur as a sign.
What happens when the body dies to death?
Conditions dying from one person to another can vary but there are several patterns that usually occur in general.
Turn off the outermost 'engine'
Maybe you've heard if your feet or hands are cold this is a sign of death is near? This assumption is true. The closer to death, the body will turn off the "machines" in the body. The body will turn it off from the outermost parts compared to the most vital organs, such as heart rate, chemical activity in the brain, and breathing.
As a result, the body will reduce blood circulation that is sent to the limbs, namely the hands and feet. Reported on the Palliative Care South Australia page, the decline in blood circulation is intended to reserve all blood to the vital part, so that the hands and feet are sacrificed first. This condition will make your hands and feet feel cooler than other body parts.
Can no longer breathe normally
Because blood flow decreases, blood pressure will decrease further towards death. Because of the condition of blood flow and blood pressure, breathing also changes. Usually when dying, someone will breathe quickly several times and followed by periods of not breathing. This condition is known as Cheyene-Stokes breathing.
In addition to changing breath patterns, coughing can also be the most common occurrence ahead of death. Because, body fluids will form longer and accumulate in the pharynx. This liquid pile can cause vibration in breathing.
Skin discoloration
In addition, getting closer to death changes to the skin. The skin color changes from normal to a dull and darker hue. The color of the finger behind the nail can also be bluish and look like the normal color of the nails of a person.
Decreased nervous system ability
People who experience dying also usually stay awake but not responsive. This is related to the condition of their central nervous system. The central nervous system is the system directly affected by the body's dying process. Which includes parts of the central nervous system are nerve cells, brain, and spinal cord.
Often some people before death will experience coma. People who are comatose are thought to still be able to hear what is said even though they no longer respond. They also allegedly could still feel something that made them sick, but again could not respond outwardly.
The ear becomes the last sense of functioning
The ear is indeed the last sense tool that is still functioning before death comes. Therefore, when whispering something in the ears of a dying person they can still hear even without response. Other sensory devices such as the eyes, skin, tongue, nose will usually experience damage first.
After that, if the breathing stops then it will be followed by the heart stopping, that's where death finally occurs.
