How Death Affect Body

It’s quite difficult to define how humans will respond upon death occurs as induvial is unique, we definitely feel uncomfortable upon having the thoughts of our own mortality. Most importantly spending a lifetime doing the right things and caring for them is things that you will have to uphold, there might be people that are curious and wonder what really happens to their physical remains right after the moment of death.

This is a timeline of processes that will involve as we assume the deceased remains untouched and includes the transition from different tiers of flaccidity.

At the Moment of Death

Usually, people have the thought of the moment of death is the same time when heartbeat and breathing stop. However, death is not instant. Our brains will have the thought of “working” for additional five to ten minutes after death by saying so this means that in some way, we are still able to be aware of our death however it’s only very preliminary.

In a hospital, there are a few requirements for the doctors to follow in order to certify death.

These include the permeant pause of pulse, permeant pause of breathing, no reflexes, and the absence of an ability to respond to bright light. When an emergency occurs, the paramedic will look out for signs of irreversible death in order to determine when resuscitation is impossible.

Once death is confirmed, this timeline of direct physical processes will occur as follows,

One Hour

When a death occurs, overall muscles in the body relax and this state is called primary flaccidity. Eyelids will lose tension, the jaw may fall open and joints and limbs of the disease will be flexible.

As the result of the loss of tension in the muscles, the skin will begin to sag and this might be caused by prominent joints and bone in the body of the disease such as the jaw and hips. Upon pronounced muscles relax, sphincter tone will diminish and urine and feces will pass out of the body.

Minutes after the heart-stopping, a process called pallor Mortis causes the disease to turn pale as blood is draining from thinner veins in the skin. This process might be very visible as lighter skin tone than darker skin tone.

The average lifespan of the human life span beats more than 2.5 billion times and circulates around five liters of blood through the circulatory system. At the same time, the deceased will start to decrease in temperature of its normal until reaching room temperature. Deceased body decrease by one to two degree per hour.

Two Hour to Six Hour

Due to no longer pumping blood as the heart is no longer functioning, gravity eventually starts to pull into different areas of the body closest to the ground and the process is known as livor mortis.

During the event, if the disease remains untouched for several hours, different parts of the body that is nearest to the ground may start to develop a reddish-purple discoloration that resembles bruises (Blueblack) due to the accumulating of blood and embalmers sometimes refer this as “postmortem stain”.

Towards the time frame of three hours after the death, chemical go changes within the body’s sell as the muscles will begin to stiff which is known as “Rigor Mortis” and with that, the first muscles area that will be affected usually will be eyelids, jaw, and neck.

Over the duration after four to six hours, rigor mortis will start to spread directly into the faces of the disease and down through different parts of the body such as the abdomen, arms, and leg and eventually reaches fingers and toes at last.

The fact that you might not know is that there is old custom saying of placing coins on the eyelids of the deceased is originated to keep the eyes shut since rigor mortis will start to invade them soon and it is unusual for infants and kids that pass on young not to display rigor mortis due to having much smaller muscle mass compared to adult’s muscle mass.

Seven to Twelve Hours

Maximum muscle stiffness throughout the body occurs after roughly 12 hours due to rigor mortis, although this will be affected by the decedent’s age, physical condition, gender, air temperature, and other factors.

Total muscle stiffness throughout the entire body happens after estimated 12 hours upon death due to rigor mortis, although the effect will be affected by the decedent’s age, body condition, gender, room temperature, and many other factors.

At this point in time, the limbs of the deceased are difficult to move or manipulate as they are stiffed, the knees and elbow will be slightly flexed and fingers or toes may start to appear usually crooked.

Twelve Hours Above

After reaching a state of maximum rigor mortis, the muscles will begin to loosen due to continued chemical changes within the cells and internal tissue decay. The process, known as secondary flaccidity, occurs over a period of one to three days and is influenced by external conditions such as temperature.5 (Cold slows down the process.)

During secondary flaccidity, the skin will begin to shrink, creating the illusion that hair and nails are growing. Rigor mortis will then dissipate in the opposite direction—from the fingers and toes to the face—over a period of up to 48 hours.

Upon reaching its maximum rigor mortis, muscles will start to loosen due to chemical changes within cells and internal tissue will start to decay this process is known as secondary flaccidity, simply one to three days and it is influenced by an external condition such as temperature and the colder the place is the slower it will be processing. During the event of secondary flaccidity, the skin will start to shrink and there will be an illusion that hair and nails are growing but actually, they are not.

Rigor mortis will then start to dissipate in the unusual direction from the fingers and toe and lastly towards the face over the period of up to 48 hours upon death. Once secondary flaccidity is completed, all muscles of the different areas will start to be relaxed again.

Words from SK Funeral Group

In conclusion, at the moment of death, there will be changes towards the physical of the disease. The rigor mortis of body stiffening begins around three hours upon death and a maximum of 12 hours after death and at around 12 hours mark the body becomes more flaccid as it was at the time of death.

Some people do not want to have thoughts about the changes in the body after death yet some

might be curious and wish to know. One is different and individuals have their personal decision ultimately.

For those who wish to know, however, we are learning that the bodily changes leading up to death, and after death, aren’t simply random decomposition. Our bodies are actually designed to shut down and die at some time in a programmed manner.