What Happens to the Body Immediately After Death? A Nurse Caring for Terminal Patients Reveals the Horrifying Truth Everyone Must Face
Julie, a hospice nurse, works to alleviate fears and misconceptions about death by publishing educational videos on YouTube about the changes that happen to the human body after death, to help viewers understand the nature of end-of-life. The videos quickly went viral, with over 580,000 views.
“Daily Mail” quoted Julie as saying that after a person dies, the body begins to change immediately, and this change occurs at different times, whether it be hours, days, or even ten days afterwards.
Immediate changes after death
After death, the body immediately enters a state of relaxation. Julie explains that as all the muscles in the body relax, fluids from the body are released, causing urinary incontinence or leakage from the eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Enzymes within the สมัคร ufabet body then begin to break down the oxygen-starved tissue and enter the first stage of “self-digestion”, and body temperature drops at a rate of about 1.5 degrees Celsius per hour.
A few hours after death
After a few hours of death, the blood in the body will flow down to the lower part of the body due to gravity, causing the skin on the back to turn purple or dark, called “dead spot.” And after about 1 or 2 hours. The muscles in the body can not relax due to lack of energy (ATP). The body will start to stiffen and enter a period of contraction called “rigor mortis.” This process starts with the small muscles in the eyes and face before spreading to the limbs.
One to one and a half days after death
After one to one and a half days. The hardening phase will gradually disappear and the body will become soft again. Julie said that during this time, the body is sent to the morgue and prepared for funeral or cremation. The body temperature will drop to the environment, and this cooling process is completed at this stage.
4 to 10 days after death
Within 4 to 10 days after death, the body enters the “putrefaction” phase. Bacteria in the body multiply and decompose tissue, releasing methane and ammonia gases that cause a foul smell and abdominal distension. The skin color also darkens due to the production of gas in the body, and it begins to smell very bad during this phase.
Physical condition 10 to 20 days after death
Ten to twenty days after death, the body enters its final stages of decomposition. The parts exposed to air turn black and enlarge. Fluid continues to leak out. Julie explains that this is the natural decomposition process, and if left untreated, the body will eventually decompose.