Dear N.,

Thank you very much for contacting us. Indeed, there are certain actions that a person should try to accomplish before dying, so efforts must be made to help him in this. In addition, there are some customs that a person who is close to a dying person must observe before death and immediately after death.

To begin with, it should be said that this is a big mitzvah- be close to the dying person, because it is easier for him when he is surrounded by relatives and friends before leaving this world. However, if someone finds it difficult to control their emotions and stop crying, it is better for them to leave the room, because crying causes suffering to the dying person. In any case, it is forbidden to leave him alone, because this causes pain to his soul.

What should a person say and do before dying?

Give money to charity;

Wash your hands;

Pronounce Vidui(confessional prayer);

If a person is no longer able to pronounce Viduy in full, then at least say: “May my death atone for all my sins” and think that he regrets all his sins;

Immediately before death, you should try to recite the first three verses of the prayer Tashlikh: Mi Eil Kamoha... - “Who, O G-d, is like You, Forgiving iniquity and not holding transgression against the remnant of Your inheritance? He does not hold His anger forever, for He desires to do good deeds. He will again show mercy to us and suppress our iniquities. And you will throw all their sins into the depths of the sea. Grant fidelity to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from ancient times” (Micah 7:18-20); Birkat kohanim(Blessing of the Kohanim: “The Lord will bless you and protect you. And the Lord will be gracious to you and have mercy on you. The Lord will be gracious to you and send you peace”; Bemidbar 6, 24-26); Shema Israel(“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!”) and Baruch Shem Kvod Malchuto le-olam va-ed(“Blessed is the Name of the Glory of His Kingdom forever and ever!”). It is very important to say (or think) at the very end if a person can: “Baruch Shemo Chai ve-Kayam le-olam va-ed (Blessed be His Name -Living and Eternal forever centuries)". These were the last words of Moshe Rabbeinu before his death.

People who are close to the dying person

Those who are close to the dying person should recite the words of the Torah and recite Tehillim (psalms).

You can stand anywhere next to the dying person, just not at the foot of the bed, since that is where the Angel of Death himself is located.

It is forbidden to touch a dying person in the last minutes of his life - this can hasten his death. Anyone who shortens a person's life, even for one moment, is as if committing murder, even if death is inevitable. Therefore, you should not hold the hand of a dying person.

Immediately at the moment of death you need to say:

- Shema Yisrael, Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad(1 time)

- Baruch Shem Kvod malchuto le-olam va-ed(3 times)

- HaShem U HaElokim- “The Almighty is G-d” (7 times),

- Ha-Shem Melech, Ha-Shem malach, Ha-Shem imloch le-olam va- ed - “The Most High is the King, the Most High reigned, the Most High will reign forever and ever”

Immediately after death

Once it has been established that death has occurred, the following must be done:

Anyone who was present at the time of death must perform kriya(tear clothes); some people think what to do today Kriya is not accepted;

Open the windows in the room;

If the deceased's eyes are open, close them; it is preferable that his eldest son do this;

If the deceased's mouth is slightly open, it must be closed;

Cover his face with a sheet;

Light a candle at the head of the bed;

Cover all mirrors;

You can't kiss the dead

Shomer - h person who stays with the deceased after death

It is forbidden to leave the body of the deceased unattended, even for a short time. A person who stays with a deceased person is called shomer(guardian). This is done out of respect for the deceased, and also in order to protect the body from the forces of uncleanness.

Death comes in different forms. Sudden and coming gradually after a long illness. How to survive the last hours before death? Who needs more help - the dying person or his loved ones? A doctor at the First Moscow Hospice talks about this in his book “There Will Be No Separation.” We are publishing one of the chapters of the book dedicated to the last hours of a person’s life before death.

Very often, relatives feel extremely helpless when it seems to them that there is practically nothing they can do. They don’t yet know how to “just be.” They are tormented by the question of how to live now without a loved one, and are tormented by the fear of separation. I often see that it is no less difficult for relatives than for the patient himself.

Of course, prayer plays an important role, but the mood of the patient should be taken into account. Perhaps praying out loud will scare him. But you can always pray for a person internally, silently. The main thing is an open heart and a desire to be close. Metropolitan Anthony says that a dying person is afraid to die alone. If no one close to you is present, it is necessary that someone from the medical staff be nearby until the end.

Vladimir was 24 years old. He went through chemotherapy and two surgeries, but the sarcoma in his hand eventually defeated him. However, despite the obviously progressive disease, Volodya’s mother and older brother Anatoly constantly told him that he would recover. At the same time, he looked at me intently. There was a question in his eyes: “Is this so?” Neither he nor his family particularly believed in life after death. It seemed to me that this aggravated Volodya’s fear. I told him about my deceased loved ones, who are clearly alive to me now. He listened eagerly, but said nothing. One day I asked my mother if it was time to talk to Vladimir about what was happening. But it turned out that she herself experienced an animal fear of cancer and dying (she was also diagnosed with cancer several years ago).

Volodya’s family was wonderful and friendly. They were together all the time. Sometimes Volodya let his mother go for a while so that she could get a little distracted. Then Anatoly remained in the ward. Shortly before his death, Vova very quietly, almost in a whisper (I think so that my mother would not hear) asked me: “Am I dying?” I nodded my head and said, “Yes. But don’t be afraid, we will all be with you.”

Vladimir was dying for a long time, and his older brother was with him all the time. Anatoly held his hand, stroked him and in an extremely calm, deep voice said everything that was happening: “Vov, let’s take a deep breath. Now, it’s better, now it’s easier. No, that won’t work, you’re not breathing well. Let's cough. Let's turn on our side... Still breathe. Well, that's good. Squeeze your hand and I will understand what you mean.”

Anatoly realized Volodya’s fears and completely forgot about his grief, he was simply here and now, and this lasted for many hours. He seemed to envelop his brother with fearlessness and affection. I was with them until nine in the evening, and Vladimir died at about five in the morning. And all this time, Anatoly did not leave Vova alone with fear for a second. It was the greatest support imaginable.

Unwittingly, mother, who could not find a place for herself from grief, fell under the influence of Anatoly and calmed down a little. I asked her to wet Volodya’s tongue and lips from time to time and wipe his eyes.

In the morning I saw Vladimir already dead. Judging by his face, he calmly moved into a world that he had not yet known during his lifetime and was so afraid of.

For me, this story is an example of selflessness, an example of that sacrificial love discussed above.

On September 24, the Nikeya publishing house invites you to the presentation of the book “There Will Be No Separation” by psychologist and reflexologist Frederika de Graaf. Dutch by birth, Frederica received her medical education in England and worked in hospices and hospitals in London. For 23 years she was the spiritual child of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh. In the 2000s, Frederica decided to go to Russia and help the dying. From 2002 to this day she has been working as a reflexologist and psychologist at the First Moscow Hospice. Frederica described her many years of experience working with dying people and their relatives in her new book. However, it would be a mistake to think that this is a book about death. On the contrary, the experience described is important for everyone who finds themselves in a crisis situation and at the same time wants to live a full life.

How to help a seriously ill person? What are the features of the doctor-patient relationship in Russia? What to do if you find yourself in a situation that you cannot overcome? Frederike de Graaf will share her experience of experiencing crisis situations.

Guests of the evening:
Fedor Efimovich Vasilyuk - psychotherapist, Doctor of Psychology, head of the department of individual and group psychotherapy at Moscow City Psychological and Pedagogical University, creator of the concept of understanding psychotherapy.

Inina Natalya Vladimirovna- psychotherapist, employee of the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, author of books and scientific publications, teacher at the Russian Orthodox University of St. John the Theologian.

If there is a bedridden patient in the house who is in serious condition, it will not hurt the relatives to know the signs of approaching death in order to be well prepared. The process of dying can occur not only physically, but also mentally. Considering the fact that each person is individual, each patient will have their own characteristics, but there are still some general symptoms that will indicate the imminent end of a person’s life.

How can a person feel as death approaches?

We are not talking about a person for whom death is sudden, but about patients who have been sick for a long time and are bedridden. As a rule, such patients can experience mental anguish for a long time, because being in their right mind a person understands perfectly well what he has to endure. A dying person constantly feels all the changes that occur in his body. And all this ultimately contributes to constant changes in mood, as well as loss of mental balance.

Most bedridden patients withdraw into themselves. They begin to sleep a lot, but remain indifferent to everything that happens around them. There are also frequent cases when, just before death, patients’ health suddenly improves, but after a while the body becomes even weaker, followed by a failure of all vital functions of the body.

Signs of imminent death

It is impossible to predict the exact time of departure to another world, but paying attention to the signs of approaching death is quite possible. Let's look at the main symptoms that may indicate imminent death:

1. The patient loses his energy, sleeps a lot, and the periods of wakefulness become less and less each time. Sometimes a person can sleep for a whole day and stay awake for only a couple of hours.
2. Breathing changes, the patient may breathe either too quickly or too slowly. In some cases, it may even seem that the person has completely stopped breathing for a while.
3. He loses his hearing and vision, and sometimes hallucinations may occur. During such periods, the patient may hear or see something that is not really happening. You can often see him talking to people who have long been dead.
4. A bedridden patient loses his appetite, and he not only stops eating protein foods, but also refuses to drink. To somehow allow moisture to seep into his mouth, you can dip a special sponge in water and moisten your dry lips with it.
5. The color of the urine changes, it becomes dark brown or even dark red, and its smell becomes very pungent and toxic.
6. Body temperature often changes, it can be high, and then drop sharply.
7. An elderly bedridden patient may become lost in time.

Of course, it is impossible to extinguish the pain of loved ones from the imminent loss of their loved one, but it is still possible to prepare and prepare yourself psychologically.

What does drowsiness and weakness in a bedridden patient indicate?

When death approaches, a bedridden patient begins to sleep a lot, and the point is not that he feels very tired, but that it is simply difficult for such a person to wake up. The patient is often in deep sleep, so his reaction is inhibited. This condition is close to coma. The manifestation of excessive weakness and drowsiness naturally slows down some of a person’s physiological abilities, so in order to roll over from one side to the other or go to the toilet, he will need help.

What changes occur in respiratory function?

Relatives who care for the patient may notice how his rapid breathing will sometimes give way to breathlessness. And over time, the patient’s breathing may become moist and stagnant, causing wheezing to be heard when inhaling or exhaling. It occurs because fluid collects in the lungs, which is no longer removed naturally by coughing.

Sometimes the patient is helped by being turned from one side to the other, then the liquid can come out of the mouth. Some patients are prescribed oxygen therapy to relieve suffering, but it does not prolong life.

How do vision and hearing change?

Minute clouding of consciousness in severely ill patients can be directly related to changes in vision and hearing. This often happens in their last weeks of life, for example, they stop seeing and hearing well, or, on the contrary, they hear things that no one else can hear.

The most common are visual hallucinations just before death, when a person thinks that someone is calling him or he sees someone. In this case, doctors recommend agreeing with the dying person in order to at least somehow cheer him up; you should not deny what the patient sees or hears, otherwise it can greatly upset him.

How does your appetite change?

In a bedridden patient, before death, the metabolic process may be reduced, which is why he stops wanting to eat and drink.

Naturally, to support the body, the patient should still be given at least some nutritious food, so it is recommended to feed the person in small portions until he is able to swallow. And when this ability is lost, then it is no longer possible to do without IVs.

What changes occur in the bladder and intestines before death?

Signs of imminent death of a patient are directly related to changes in the functioning of the kidneys and intestines. The kidneys stop producing urine, so it becomes dark brown in color, because the filtration process is disrupted. A small amount of urine can contain a huge amount of toxins that have a detrimental effect on the entire body.

Such changes can lead to complete failure of the kidneys, the person falls into a coma and dies after a while. Due to the fact that appetite decreases, changes occur in the intestines themselves. The stool becomes hard, causing constipation. The patient needs to alleviate the condition, so relatives who care for him are recommended to give the patient an enema every three days or make sure that he takes a laxative on time.

How does body temperature change?

If there is a bedridden patient in the house, the signs before death can be very diverse. Relatives may notice that a person’s body temperature is constantly changing. This is due to the fact that the part of the brain that is responsible for thermoregulation may not function well.

At some point, body temperature can rise to 39 degrees, but after half an hour it can drop significantly. Naturally, in this case, it will be necessary to give the patient antipyretic drugs, most often Ibuprofen or Aspirin are used. If the patient does not have the function of swallowing, then antipyretic suppositories can be given or an injection can be given.

Just before death, the temperature immediately drops, the arms and legs become cold, and the skin in these areas becomes covered with red spots.

Why does a person’s mood often change before death?

A dying person, without realizing it, is gradually preparing himself for death. He has enough time to analyze his entire life and draw conclusions about what was done right or wrong. It seems to the patient that everything he says is misinterpreted by his family and friends, so he begins to withdraw into himself and stops communicating with others.

In many cases, clouding of consciousness occurs, so a person can remember everything that happened to him a long time ago in the smallest details, but he will no longer remember what happened an hour ago. It can be scary when this condition reaches the point of psychosis, in which case it is necessary to consult a doctor who can prescribe sedatives to the patient.

How can I help a dying person relieve physical pain?

A bedridden patient after a stroke or a person who has become incapacitated due to another illness may experience severe pain. To somehow alleviate his suffering, it is necessary to use painkillers.

A pain reliever may be prescribed by your doctor. And if the patient does not have any problems with swallowing, then the drugs can be in the form of tablets, but in other cases injections will have to be used.

If a person has a serious illness that is accompanied by severe pain, then it will be necessary to use drugs that are available only by prescription, for example, these could be Fentanyl, Codeine or Morphine.

Today, there are many drugs that will be effective for pain, some of them are produced in the form of drops that are dripped under the tongue, and sometimes even a patch can provide significant help to the patient. There is a category of people who are very careful about painkillers, citing the fact that addiction may occur. To avoid addiction, as soon as a person begins to feel better, you can stop taking the drug for a while.

Emotional stress experienced by the dying person

Changes with a person before death concern not only his physical health, but also affect his psychological state. If a person experiences a little stress, then this is normal, but if the stress lasts for a long time, then most likely this is the deep depression that a person experiences before death. The fact is that everyone can have their own emotional experiences and will show their own signs before death.

A bedridden patient will experience not only physical pain, but also mental pain, which will have an extremely negative impact on his general condition and will bring the moment of death closer.

But even if a person has a fatal illness, relatives should try to cure their loved one’s depression. In this case, the doctor may prescribe antidepressants or consultations with a psychologist. This is a natural process when a person becomes despondent, knowing that he has very little time left to live in the world, so relatives should do their best to distract the patient from sad thoughts.

Additional symptoms before death

It should be noted that there are different signs before death. A bedridden patient may experience symptoms that are not detected in others. For example, some patients often complain of constant nausea and vomiting, although their disease has nothing to do with the gastrointestinal tract. This process is easily explained by the fact that due to illness, the body becomes weaker and cannot cope with the digestion of food, which can cause certain problems with the functioning of the stomach.

In this case, relatives will need to seek help from a doctor who can prescribe medications to alleviate this condition. For example, for persistent constipation, a laxative can be used, and for nausea, other effective medications are prescribed that will dull this unpleasant feeling.

Naturally, not a single such drug can save a life or prolong it indefinitely, but it is still possible to alleviate the suffering of a loved one, so it would be wrong not to take advantage of this chance.

How to care for a dying relative?

Today there are special means for caring for bedridden patients. With their help, the person caring for the patient makes his work much easier. But the fact is that a dying person requires not only physical care, but also a lot of attention - he needs constant conversations in order to be distracted from his sad thoughts, and only family and friends can provide emotional conversations.

A sick person must be absolutely calm, and unnecessary stress will only bring the minutes of his death closer. To alleviate the suffering of a relative, you need to seek help from qualified doctors who can prescribe all the necessary medications to help overcome many unpleasant symptoms.

All the signs listed above are general, and it should be remembered that each person is individual, which means that the body can behave differently in different situations. And if there is a bedridden patient in the house, his signs before death may turn out to be completely unexpected for you, since everything depends on the disease and on the individuality of the organism.

It is not customary to talk about death out loud in our time. This is a very sensitive topic and not for the faint of heart. But there are times when knowledge is very useful, especially if there is a cancer patient or a bedridden elderly person at home. After all, this helps to mentally prepare for the inevitable end and notice the changes taking place in time. Let's discuss together the signs of death of a patient and pay attention to their key features.
Most often, signs of imminent death are classified into primary and secondary. Some develop as a consequence of others. It is logical that if a person begins to sleep more, then he eats less, etc. We will look at all of them. But, cases may be different and exceptions to the rules are acceptable. The same as options for a normal median survival rate, even with a symbiosis of terrible signs of a change in the patient’s condition. This is a kind of miracle that happens at least once in a century.

What signs of death do you know?

Changing sleep and wake patterns
Discussing the initial signs of approaching death, doctors agree that the patient has less and less time to stay awake. He is more often immersed in superficial sleep and seems to be dozing. This saves precious energy and reduces pain. The latter fades into the background, becoming, as it were, background. Of course, the emotional side suffers greatly. The paucity of expression of one’s feelings, the self-isolation of the desire to remain silent more than to speak leave an imprint on relationships with others. The desire to ask and answer any questions, to be interested in everyday life and the people around you disappears.
As a result, in advanced cases, patients become apathetic and detached. They sleep almost 20 hours a day unless there is acute pain or serious irritating factors. Unfortunately, such an imbalance threatens stagnant processes, mental problems and accelerates death.

Swelling

Edema appears on the lower extremities

Very reliable signs of death are swelling and spots on the legs and arms. We are talking about malfunctions in the kidneys and circulatory system. In the first case of oncology, the kidneys do not have time to cope with toxins and they poison the body. In this case, metabolic processes are disrupted, blood is redistributed unevenly in the vessels, forming areas with spots. It is not for nothing that they say that if such marks appear, then we are talking about complete dysfunction of the limbs.

Problems with hearing, vision, perception

The first signs of death are changes in hearing, vision and normal sensation of what is happening around. Such changes can occur against the background of severe pain, cancer, blood stagnation or tissue death. Often, before death, you can observe a phenomenon with the pupils. The eye pressure drops and when pressed you can see how the pupil is deformed like a cat's.
Regarding hearing, everything is relative. It can recover in the last days of life or even worsen, but this is more agony.

Reduced need for food

Deterioration of appetite and sensitivity - signs of imminent death

When a cancer patient is at home, all her loved ones note the signs of death. She gradually refuses food. First, the dose decreases from a plate to a quarter of a saucer, and then the swallowing reflex gradually disappears. There is a need for nutrition through a syringe or tube. In half of the cases, a system with glucose and vitamin therapy is connected. But the effectiveness of such support is very low. The body tries to use up its own fat reserves and minimize waste. This worsens the patient’s general condition, causing drowsiness and difficulty breathing.
Urinary problems and problems with natural needs
It is believed that problems with going to the toilet are also signs of approaching death. No matter how funny it may seem, in reality there is a completely logical chain in this. If defecation is not carried out once every two days or with the regularity to which a person is accustomed, then feces accumulate in the intestines. Even stones can form. As a result, toxins are absorbed from them, which seriously poison the body and reduce its performance.
It's about the same story with urination. It's harder for the kidneys to work. They allow less and less fluid to pass through and eventually the urine comes out saturated. It contains a high concentration of acids and even blood is noted. For relief, a catheter can be installed, but this is not a panacea against the general background of unpleasant consequences for a bedridden patient.

Problems with thermoregulation

Weakness is a sign of imminent death

Natural signs before the death of a patient are impaired thermoregulation and agony. The limbs begin to get very cold. Especially if the patient has paralysis, then we can even talk about the progress of the disease. The blood circulation decreases. The body fights for life and tries to maintain the functioning of the main organs, thereby depriving the limbs. They may turn pale and even become blue with venous spots.

Weakness of the body

The signs of imminent death may be different for everyone, depending on the situation. But most often, we are talking about severe weakness, weight loss and general fatigue. A period of self-isolation begins, which is aggravated by internal processes of intoxication and necrosis. The patient cannot even raise his arm or stand on a duck for natural needs. The process of urination and defecation can occur spontaneously and even unconsciously.

Foggy mind

Many see signs of approaching death in the way the patient’s normal reaction to the world around him disappears. He can become aggressive, nervous, or vice versa – very passive. Memory disappears and attacks of fear may occur due to this. The patient does not immediately understand what is happening and who is nearby. The areas in the brain responsible for thinking die. And obvious inadequacy may appear.

Predagonia

This is a protective reaction of all vital systems in the body. Often, it is expressed in the onset of stupor or coma. The main role is played by regression of the nervous system, which causes in the future:
- decreased metabolism
- insufficient ventilation of the lungs due to breathing failures or alternating rapid breathing with stopping
- serious damage to organ tissue

Agony

Agony is characteristic of the last minutes of a person’s life

Agony is usually called a clear improvement in the patient’s condition against the background of destructive processes in the body. Essentially, these are the last efforts to maintain the necessary functions for continued existence. May be noted:
- improved hearing and restored vision
- establishing breathing rhythm
- normalization of heart contractions
- restoration of consciousness in the patient
- muscle activity like cramps
- decreased sensitivity to pain
The agony can last from several minutes to an hour. Usually, it seems to foreshadow clinical death, when the brain is still alive, and oxygen ceases to flow into the tissues.
These are typical signs of death in bedridden people. But you shouldn’t dwell too much on them. After all, there may be another side of the coin. It happens that one or two such signs are simply a consequence of an illness, but they are completely reversible with proper care. Even a hopelessly bedridden patient may not have all these signs before death. And this is not an indicator. So, it is difficult to talk about mandatory rules, as well as to impose death sentences.

Throughout life, the question of how a person dies of old age is of concern to most people. They are asked by the relatives of an old person, by the person himself who has crossed the threshold of old age. There is already an answer to this question. Scientists, doctors and enthusiasts have collected a wealth of information about this, based on the experience of numerous observations.
What happens to a person before death

It is not aging that is believed to cause death, given that old age itself is a disease. A person dies from a disease that the worn-out body is unable to cope with.

Brain reaction before death

During death, irreversible changes occur to the brain. Oxygen starvation and cerebral hypoxia occur. As a consequence of this, rapid death of neurons occurs. At the same time, even at this moment its activity is observed, but in the most important areas responsible for survival. During the death of neurons and brain cells, a person may experience hallucinations, both visual, auditory, and tactile.

Loss of energy

An elderly dying person experiences a loss of energy potential. This results in longer periods of sleep and shorter periods of wakefulness. He constantly wants to sleep. Simple actions, such as moving around the room, exhaust a person and he will soon go to bed to rest. It seems that he is constantly sleepy or in a state of permanent drowsiness. Some people even experience energy exhaustion after simply socializing or thinking. This can be explained by the fact that the brain requires more energy than the body.

Failure of all body systems

• The kidneys gradually refuse to work, so the urine they secrete becomes brown or red.
• The intestines also stop working, which is manifested by constipation or absolute intestinal obstruction.
• The respiratory system fails, breathing becomes intermittent. This is also associated with a gradual failure of the heart.
• Failure of the circulatory system functions leads to pale skin. Wandering dark spots are observed. The first such spots are visible first on the feet, then on the whole body.
• Hands and feet become icy.

What feelings does a person experience when dying?

Most often, people are not even concerned about how the body manifests itself before death, but about how an old person feels, realizing that he is about to die. Karlis Osis, a psychologist in the 1960s, conducted global research on this topic. Doctors and medical staff from departments caring for dying people helped him. There were 35,540 deaths recorded. Based on observations of them, conclusions were drawn that have not lost their relevance to this day.

It turned out that dying people had no fear. There was discomfort, indifference and pain. Every 20th person experienced elation. According to other studies, the older a person is, the less afraid he is of dying. For example, one social survey of older people showed that only 10% of respondents admitted to fear of death.

What do people see as they approach death?

Before death, people experience hallucinations that are similar to each other. During visions, they are in a state of clarity of consciousness, the brain worked normally. Moreover, he did not respond to sedatives. Body temperature was also normal. On the verge of death, most people had already lost consciousness.

Mostly, the visions of most people are associated with the concepts of their religion. Anyone who believed in hell or heaven saw corresponding visions. Non-religious people have seen beautiful visions related to nature and living fauna. More people saw their deceased relatives calling them to move on to the next world. The people observed in the study suffered from different diseases, had different levels of education, belonged to different religions, and there were also convinced atheists among them.

Often the dying person hears various sounds, mostly unpleasant. At the same time, he feels himself rushing towards the light, through the tunnel. Then, he sees himself as separate from his body. And then he is met by all the dead people close to him who want to help him.

Scientists cannot give an exact answer about the nature of such experiences. They usually find a connection with the process of dying neurons (vision of a tunnel), brain hypoxia and the release of a hefty dose of endorphin (vision and feeling of happiness from the light at the end of the tunnel).

How to recognize the arrival of death?

The question of how to understand that a person is dying of old age is of concern to all relatives of a loved one. To understand that the patient is about to die very soon, you need to pay attention to the following signs:

1. The body refuses to function (incontinence of urine or feces, color of urine, constipation, loss of strength and appetite, refusal of water).
2. Even if you have an appetite, you may experience a loss of ability to swallow food, water, and your own saliva.
3. Loss of the ability to close the eyelids due to critical exhaustion and sunken eyeballs.
4. Signs of wheezing during unconsciousness.
5. Critical jumps in body temperature - either too low or critically high.

Important! These signs do not always indicate the arrival of the mortal end. Sometimes they are symptoms of diseases. These signs apply only to old people, the sick and the infirm.

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When a person dies, this is the worst outcome of the disease. For every patient, the topic of death is unpleasant and can even be painful, because no one wants to die, especially from a disease. The patient's family always tries to support their loved one, but often this can only push away negative thoughts and experiences for a short time. How does a person feel when he dies? This issue has been discussed by many generations of doctors, scientists and even esotericists.

What emotions does a person feel before dying?

Many years of scientific research have proven that when a person dies, negative feelings do not always arise. It is generally accepted that people often experience fear, horror and a sense of powerlessness due to the fact that nothing can be changed. Each person, due to his character, attitude towards the disease and even the disease itself, behaves differently when he dies.

There is a study carried out in America that was based on a long description of what people who were terminally ill and in the process of dying felt and thought, in order to compare their notes and understand what a person feels as death approaches. This study also involved healthy people, who for a certain period of time (several months) had to imagine themselves as sick and write down how a person feels when he dies, in the opinion of the subjects, their attitude towards life and towards a fictitious disease. The results were somewhat unexpected. People who were actually sick were much more positive about the situation.

They were often more romantic and meaningful, doing good things and being kind to others, because they wanted to do something good for others before they died and leave without regret that their life was not meaningless. But the fake patients were not so optimistic. The most frequently used words in their entries were “fear,” “pain,” “horror,” and “resentment.” Thus, we can understand that our judgments about how a person feels when he dies may be incorrect. Even prisoners sentenced to death often feel more positive emotions in the minutes before execution.

Not in the sense that they are happy about what is happening. During the time that they have before the execution of the sentence, people think about the meaning of life and religion, about their own family and the world and are ready to describe exactly what a person feels, what thoughts and sensations he experiences when he dies. The same thing happens with seriously ill people who know that death from a disease is inevitable - they begin to feel the world and their own experiences in a completely different way.

Clinical death

As a rule, patients who experience clinical death spend a long time in the intensive care unit or at home (if the person is suffering from cancer). The human body is exhausted and often the condition that precedes death is coma. In a coma, the patient cannot feel any emotions because he is unconscious. Therefore, no one knows what a person feels during clinical death after a long illness, since the survival rate among such patients is practically zero.

But sudden clinical death also happens, when before this the person was fully conscious.

Important!! Shamans and some esoteric practitioners try to achieve precisely this state, which is similar to clinical death, in order, as they claim, to communicate with the gods or the dead.

People who have experienced clinical death say that when they died, they felt a feeling of complete serenity and calm. Some claim that they saw everything that was happening, as if they were watching from the outside and also do not note any negative or painful sensations.

How does a person feel when he dies from cancer?

Everyone knows that cancer is a pathology that greatly depletes a person, and treatment is long, persistent and often cannot help. How do patients feel when they die? Often this is severe pain. Relatives of cancer patients note how much their loved ones have changed during treatment. During the period of illness, when a person’s strength decreases every day, the body ceases to be as strong as before, the attitude of patients towards themselves, towards their illness, family and in general towards everything that happens, largely acquires a negative connotation. But the closer a person gets to dying, his thinking and feelings change.

Intense pain changes behavior, and constant use of potent drugs can to some extent reduce negative thinking. Such patients begin to reason that dying is the only relief. Some patients can tell exactly when death will occur and this is completely inexplicable. People say how you feel when you die and know when it will all be over. And often this turns out to be true. Patients who say when exactly they will die know how much time they have left and perceive it as something positive when they can manage their time. Quite often, such patients are in full adequate consciousness and try to communicate more with their family. Often they remember past events and say their last wishes and advise something to their relatives. Everyone knows how the well-known Mikhail Zadornov behaved when he learned that his days were numbered...

The approach of death for these patients is an inevitability of which they understand and realize that they need to properly use the remaining time when there is still such an opportunity.

How does consciousness fade when a person dies?

It is no secret that people do not die in a second, just like, for example, turning off the light and the light bulb goes out instantly. When the process of extinction just begins, all processes begin to slow down and in the end a “shutdown of all systems” occurs.

• Blood pressure slows down and decreases. A decrease in heart rate gradually leads to the fact that a person’s consciousness begins to become cloudy;
• When the pressure becomes too low (and often not even detected by machines) due to the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to maintain normal pressure, the person loses consciousness and feels nothing. But this does not happen abruptly, but rather gently, as if the patient had fallen into a very sound sleep;
• A person’s breathing stops, carbon dioxide and metabolic products accumulate in the blood, which leads to the heartbeat stopping;
• After the heart has stopped, the human brain functions within a few minutes, and at this stage it is still possible to carry out resuscitation measures that can bring the person back to life. Scientists and clairvoyants agree that it is in this state that a person can see himself from the outside;

How the human psyche can protect itself before death

Those who have encountered sick people may have noticed that prolonged lying down, severe illness, pain or prolonged infection can change a person’s behavior beyond recognition. Often patients begin to behave differently than usual. They may start talking (saying phrases that are completely meaningless), and may not recognize loved ones or even themselves. This behavior can often be found in patients when they are practically in a state before dying. This behavior has a term that is known as “encephalopathy” and occurs not only in mentally ill people.

The human body and psyche are configured in such a way that when the body experiences excessive stress, and, for example, a long-term infection is an extremely difficult test for the human body, the body tries to protect itself and so-called “behavioral failures” occur. As a rule, after the body “comes to its senses,” a person does not remember what happened and is sincerely perplexed as to how this could happen to him. Alas, such manifestations of the psyche occur quite often.

Statistics on the manifestation of encephalopathy in patients with various diseases:

Interesting! Often, patients who have been diagnosed with mental disorders, registered in the mental health unit or hospitalized in psychiatric clinics, “come to their senses” a few minutes or hours before they die.

If before death there was a change in a person’s consciousness due to a disease (inappropriate behavior, aggression or hallucinations), before dying the person realizes that the disease has receded and can even communicate with his relatives and friends, and also tell how the dying person feels .

Conclusion

At all times, the topic of death seems frightening and creepy to people, but as research by specialists shows, this attitude towards the process of dying is revealed for the most part in healthy people who talk about how a person feels when he dies. Studies say how a person feels when they die suddenly is a topic full of mysteries and questions, while long-term ill people can readily tell what they feel and also evaluate what is happening.

Reflections on the topic of life and death have always occupied the human mind. Before the development of science, one had to be content with only religious explanations; now medicine is able to explain many of the processes occurring in the body at the end of life. But it’s impossible to say for sure what a dying person or a person in a coma feels before death. Of course, some data is available thanks to the stories of survivors, but it cannot be said that these impressions will be completely analogous to the sensations during real dying.

Death - what does a person feel before it?

All experiences that can occur at the moment of loss of life can be divided into physical and mental. In the first group, everything will depend on the cause of death, so let’s consider what they feel before it in the most common cases.

1. Drowning. First, laryngospasm occurs due to water entering the lungs, and when it begins to fill the lungs, a burning sensation occurs in the chest. Then consciousness goes away from the lack of oxygen, the person feels calm, then the heart stops and brain death occurs.
2. Blood loss. If a large artery is damaged, it takes several seconds for death to occur, and it is possible that the person will not even have time to feel pain. If smaller vessels are damaged and no help is provided, the dying process will drag on for several hours. At this time, in addition to panic, shortness of breath and thirst will be felt; after losing 2 out of 5 liters, loss of consciousness will occur.
3. Heart attack. Severe, prolonged or recurring pain in the chest area, which is a consequence of oxygen deficiency. Pain can spread to the arms, throat, stomach, lower jaw and back. The person also feels nauseous, shortness of breath and cold sweat. Death does not occur instantly, so with timely help it can be avoided.
4. Fire. Severe pain from burns gradually subsides as their area increases due to damage to nerve endings and the release of adrenaline, after which pain shock occurs. But most often, before dying in a fire, they feel the same as when there is a lack of oxygen: burning and severe pain in the chest, there may be nausea, sudden drowsiness and short-term activity, then paralysis and loss of consciousness occurs. This is because fires usually cause deaths from carbon monoxide and smoke.
5. Falling from height. This may vary depending on the final damage. Most often, when falling from 145 meters or more, death occurs within a few minutes after landing, so there is a chance that adrenaline will blur all other sensations. A lower height and nature of the landing (hitting your head or your feet - there is a difference) can reduce the number of injuries and give hope for life, in this case the range of sensations will be wider, and the main one will be pain.

As we see, often before death, pain sensations are either completely absent or significantly reduced due to adrenaline. But he cannot explain why the patient does not feel pain before death if the process of leaving for another world was not quick. It often happens that seriously ill patients get out of bed on their last day, begin to recognize their relatives and feel a surge of strength. Doctors explain this as a chemical reaction to injected drugs or as a mechanism of the body’s surrender to the disease. In this case, all protective barriers fall, and the forces that went into fighting the disease are released. As a result of disabled immunity, death occurs faster, and the person feels better for a short time.

Now let's look at what impressions the psyche “gives” during parting with life. Here, researchers rely on stories from people who have experienced clinical death. All impressions can be divided into the following 5 groups.

1. Fear. Patients report a feeling of overwhelming horror, a sense of persecution. Some say they saw coffins, had to go through a burning ceremony, and tried to swim out.
2. Bright light. He is not always, as in the well-known cliché, at the end of the tunnel. Some felt that they were in the center of a glow, and then it died down.
3. Images of animals or plants. People saw real and fantastic living beings, but at the same time they experienced a feeling of peace.
4. Relatives. Other joyful sensations are associated with the fact that patients saw loved ones, sometimes dead ones.
5. Deja vu, top view. Often people said that they knew exactly about the subsequent events, and they happened. Other senses were also often heightened, the impression of time was distorted, and a feeling of separation from the body was observed.

Scientists believe that all this is closely connected with a person’s worldview: deep religiosity can give the impression of communicating with saints or God, and a passionate gardener will rejoice at the sight of blossoming apple trees. But to say what a person feels in a coma before death is much more difficult. Perhaps his feelings will be similar to those listed above. But it is worth remembering the different types of this state, which can provide different experiences. Obviously, once brain death is recorded, the patient will no longer see anything, but other cases are the subject of study. For example, a group of researchers from the United States tried to communicate with patients in a coma and assessed brain activity. A reaction arose to some stimuli, resulting in signals that could be interpreted as monosyllabic answers. Probably, in the event of death from such a situation, a person can experience different conditions, only their degree will be lower, since many functions of the body are already impaired.

From a medical point of view, death is the cessation of biological and physiological life processes. In medicine, thanatology studies this phenomenon. As a rule, death does not occur on its own, it is caused by certain phenomena - illness, aging, murder and accident. After death, the body of a living being begins to decompose, irreversible processes occur.

For many centuries, human death has carried with it the imprint of something mystical. Death has sometimes been and is beyond human perception, since it has the principle of unpredictability, surprise and inevitability.

How people die

The answer to the question of how a person dies is not clear-cut. A person can die either during processes occurring in the body, or due to an accident. In general, there are several types of death.

• Clinical death. It involves stopping breathing and the heart, but with such death the human biological body can be restored within an hour.
• Biological death. Represents brain death, after this death a certificate is issued. In the process of this phenomenon, some cells of the body have died, and some are still alive. The structure of connections between brain cells is also preserved, and it acts as the basis of human long-term memory. There is an assumption that in the future medicine will be able to bring a person out of biological death within a few hours.
• Information death. Assumes final death when information for resuscitation is completely lost.

We looked at the process of how people die. In addition, when a person dies, certain processes occur in his body. They are divided into several states.

1. Before the agony. This condition is characterized by the body performing a reflex function, which is aimed at “reducing suffering.” This is caused by the biological body being damaged. This condition entails loss of consciousness and loss of sensitivity to pain. The preagonal state is characterized by a violation of the basic functions of the central nervous system; this state is called comatose. Breathing is impaired, sometimes it becomes frequent and irregular. The duration of this condition can be very different, and in some diseases it is completely absent.

2. Agony. This condition is characterized by the body's attempt to use its last opportunities for survival. At the beginning of this state, the heart rate is restored, breathing becomes more frequent, and consciousness is restored for a short time. Due to a lack of oxygen, under-oxidized products can accumulate in tissues. This condition lasts for 5 minutes, sometimes 30 minutes, then blood pressure decreases, the heart stops contracting, and breathing stops.

3. Clinical death. This condition begins from the moment cardiac activity stops. If there is a complete lack of oxygen in the tissues, the death of the cerebral cortex occurs, after which it is impossible to restore the body. The duration of this death begins from the time of cardiac arrest until the start of the resuscitation process. Duration under normal conditions is 5 minutes. However, the duration is influenced by numerous factors such as age, health status of the deceased, conditions of dying, and so on.

4. Diagnosis. When diagnosing, a number of checks are carried out aimed at the safety of breathing, cardiac functions, and the central nervous system.

So, why do people die, there is no definite answer to the question, but every effect has its own reason

Signs of approaching death

Of course, no one can predict the moment of death, but doctors who have dealt with seriously ill people identify signs that characterize the approach of death. First of all, there is a loss of appetite, because the need for energy decreases. First of all, meat is abandoned, since a weakened body has difficulty digesting this product. And subsequently, even the most favorite foods do not cause the same pleasure. You can also identify signs of approaching death:

• Drowsiness and fatigue. A person begins to get tired even from walking around the house, he wants to sleep a lot, and it is very difficult to wake him up.
• Weakness. A person feels weak very often; he simply does not have enough energy to perform even the simplest and most familiar actions.
• Disorientation. A person begins to have poor orientation, this is due to the fact that his brain suffers.
• Hard breath. It becomes uneven.
• The person will seem isolated and may lose interest in what is happening around them.
• Violation of excretory function.
• Swelling, venous spots.

If a person dies from an illness, it will not be difficult for an experienced specialist to predict the onset of death. And even family and friends can notice that this moment is approaching.

How do they die of old age?

A very common question is how people die of old age. But it is worth noting that a person does not die from old age as such, but from diseases caused by it. After all, even a person in good health who dies of old age in a dream is actually dying from some kind of disease. The fact is that our body is a kind of mechanism. Its cogs are the cells of our body, which are renewed quickly in youth, and slowly in old age. Every year there is a greater risk of the occurrence of certain diseases, because like any mechanism, the human body is subject to wear and tear, and the only question is when exactly the disease occurs. And this depends on a number of factors such as a person’s lifestyle, climate and environment in which he lives, and so on. Therefore, if in youth the body easily copes with even more serious diseases, then in old age this may not happen, and certain systems fail to function, leading to death. In addition, there is a list of fatal diseases that happen to a person only in old age.

How does a person feel before death?

This question is relevant, and no one can give an exact answer to it. Someone sees the light at the end of the tunnel and leaves their biological body with a smile, someone does not understand at all what is happening to them, and someone experiences a panicky fear of death. This is a purely individual question, so there is no clear answer.

Many scientists suggest that a person's feelings before death vary depending on how prepared he was for such an outcome. If a person dies from an accident, and it happens instantly, most likely the person simply does not understand what happened to him. If he dies from a serious illness, which he learned about a year before his death, then he had time to “finish things” on earth and prepare for death. What a person feels before death is personal, and an exact answer cannot be given.

Facts about how a person dies

A person’s feelings before death can be very different, and in this case, much depends on the cause of death. However, doctors have tried to describe the general complaints of a person before death, in a state before agony.

• Chest pain. It becomes difficult for a person to breathe, so he experiences unbearable chest pain.
• Dizziness. A person partially or completely loses consciousness, he cannot be responsible for his actions.
• Fear. Fear appears in the brain, and despite the fact that the brain’s work at this moment seems passive, the feeling of fear is present.
• Heat. Some people experience fever; they feel as if their whole body is on fire.

What do people die from most often?

There is general world statistics on the causes of human deaths. So, more than 60% of deaths are due to non-communicable diseases. These are diseases such as cancer, coronary heart disease and other heart diseases, diabetes, and lung diseases. The leading fatal diseases are numerous heart diseases, and recently they have affected not only older people, but also young people

23% of deaths are due to infectious diseases, maternal, and foodborne illnesses. And only 9% of deaths occur due to accidents.

So, we have answered the question of what people die from, and there are many reasons for this.

More statistics

Death statistics in the world and in individual countries have an indicator called the mortality rate. It represents the number of deaths over a given period, divided by the number of person-years. The highest mortality rate is observed in Third World countries, namely in Africa - Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, it fluctuates between 21-22. Moreover, the majority of deaths occur from infectious diseases. Countries such as Jordan, the UAE, and Qatar have the lowest mortality rates; here the coefficient is 2-3. The rate is calculated per 1000 people.

In Russia, about a million people die every year; according to statistics, 60% of them suffer from heart disease, cancer and respiratory diseases. The rest die from other diseases. Recently, mortality from liver cirrhosis has increased. The number of deaths in the northern regions of Russia is slightly higher than in the rest.

About 55,000,000 people die in the world every year, most of them have cancer, 18% die from smoking and alcohol abuse. Every day, 150,000 people die across the planet, with people over 70 dying in high-income countries and younger age groups dying in poorer countries. Only 10% of those who die die an unnatural death.

Conclusion

So, we can conclude how many people die every day and even every hour, and the causes of death are very different. In the future, some of the diseases can be prevented, but if a person himself does not monitor the quality of his life, then medicine is powerless.

Every person at a conscious age thinks about death.

What awaits us after death? Does the other world exist? Are we purely biological beings, or does each of us still have a certain soul that, after death, goes to another world?

One of the many questions that arises in the mind is the unknown of the sensations that a person experiences just before death. Does a person experience torment, pain, or, on the contrary, do all sensations become dull before leaving for another world? The issues discussed have worried people since their inception and still do. Scientists continue to study this mysterious phenomenon, but only a few questions can be answered.

Feelings of dying people

The physical sensations of a dying person will depend primarily on what led him to death. He can experience both severe pain and pleasant sensations. As for psychological perception, at the moment of dying, most people instinctively feel fear, panic and horror, and try to “resist” death. According to biology, after the heart muscle stops contracting and the heart stops, the brain continues to function for about five minutes. It is believed that in these last minutes, a person’s mind reflects on his life, vivid memories emerge, and the person, as it were, “sums up” his existence.

Death classification

Biological scientists divide death into two categories: Natural; Unnatural.

Natural death occurs according to the laws of normal physiology and occurs due to the natural aging of the body or in the case of underdevelopment of the fetus in the womb.

Unnatural death can occur for the following reasons: Due to various serious and fatal diseases (oncological, cardiovascular, etc.); Mechanical effects: suffocation, electric shock; Chemical exposure: overdose of drugs, medicinal substances or alcohol overdose; Unspecified - a seemingly healthy person dies suddenly from a latent disease or a sudden, acute form of the disease. From a legal point of view, death is divided into: Non-violent; Violent. Nonviolent death occurs in old age, long-term illness, and in other similar cases. Violent deaths include murder and suicide.

Stages of death

To better understand what a person may experience during death, we can consider the stages of the process, identified from a medical point of view:

Preagonal stage.

At this moment, a malfunction occurs in the blood circulation and breathing systems, causing hypoxia to develop in the tissues. This period lasts from several hours to several days;

Terminal pause.

At this moment, the person stops breathing, the functioning of the myocardium malfunctions;

Agonal stage.

The body is trying to return to life. At this stage, a person periodically stops breathing, the heart works increasingly weaker, which causes malfunctions in the functioning of all organ systems;

Clinical death.

Breathing and blood circulation stop. This stage lasts about five minutes, and it is at this moment that the person can be brought back to life with the help of resuscitation measures;

Biological death - a person finally dies. Important! Only people who have experienced clinical death are the only ones who can accurately report what sensations are possible in a dying person.

Morbidity in various deaths

Cause Time of Dying Pain
Prescription drug overdose 129 minutes 8.5
Fall from height 5 minutes 17.78
Drowning 18 minutes 79
Shot to the head with a pistol 3 minutes 13
Fire 1 hour 91

Is it painful to die from cancer?

Cancer is one of the most common causes of death. Unfortunately, a cure for malignant carcinoma has not yet been discovered, and cancer at stages 3 and 4 is an incurable disease. All that doctors can do in this situation is to reduce the patient’s pain with the help of special analgesics and slightly prolong the person’s life.

A person with a cancer tumor does not always experience pain when dying. In some situations, before the death of a cancer patient, he begins to sleep a lot and ultimately plunges into a comatose state, after which he dies without feeling any physical illness, that is, directly in his sleep.

In another situation, the stages of dying of a cancer patient are as follows: Before death, the patient may experience migraines, see hallucinations and lose memory, which is why he does not recognize his loved ones; Speech disturbances occur, it is more difficult for the patient to say connected sentences, he may utter awkward phrases; The person may experience blindness and/or deafness; As a result, the motor functions of the body are impaired. However, this is only a general average picture of how a person with cancer feels before death.

If we look directly at specific types of cancer tumors, then the localization of carcinoma in the liver makes a person die in agony due to multiple bleedings. Death from lung cancer also causes significant pain due to the fact that the patient begins to choke, vomit blood, after which an epileptic attack occurs and the patient dies. In the case of intestinal cancer, the patient also feels excruciating pain in the abdomen, in addition to this, he is tormented by a headache. Laryngeal cancer patients also feel pain before they die. With this localization, the person also experiences severe pain in the corresponding area.

Important! Do not forget that the described symptoms are eliminated by doctors with the help of special analgesics, and before death - narcotic drugs, so in some cases it is possible to achieve an almost complete reduction in pain until it disappears. Thus, the question “is it painful to die from cancer” can most likely be answered in the negative, since modern medicine has all the means to help reduce the patient’s pain.

Is it painful to die of old age?

According to medical research, people in old age experience a feeling of relief when they die. Only 1/10 of those surveyed feel fear before death. Just before death, old people feel discomfort, pain and complete apathy towards everything. When dying, people begin to see hallucinations and can “talk” to the dead. As for physical sensations, dying is painful only due to difficulty breathing.

Most old people can die in their sleep, and this death is not associated with severe pain and physical suffering. Does it hurt to die from a pill overdose? The physical sensations of a person dying due to taking an excessive amount of a drug depend primarily on the type of medication and the individual characteristics of the body. In fact, death occurs due to the development of severe intoxication of the body, and before death a person may experience pain due to pain in the abdomen. In addition, he experiences dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

An exceptional case would be a person who has taken an excessive dose of a potent sedative, since the consequences of such an act will be the onset of a deep coma and the shutdown of all instinctive defense mechanisms. In view of this, a person passes into another world directly in a dream and does not feel pain.

Is it painful to die from a stroke?

Because a stroke can occur in different areas of the brain, a person's experience of death may vary. If the motor center has been affected, weakness or paralysis may occur in a particular limb. The general picture of a person’s feelings about death is usually the following: He hears incomprehensible voices or sounds; Sleepy; Confused mind; Strong headache; General weakness. Some stroke patients may also die in their sleep or go into a deep coma.

Is it painful to die from a heart attack?

During a heart attack, sudden changes in pressure occur due to a failure in blood circulation, which is felt by a person as severe pain in the area behind the sternum. In addition, the blood supply to all organs is disrupted, which also causes pain - in particular, blood stagnates in the lungs and swelling of the latter occurs. The patient experiences difficulty breathing and general weakness of the body. In the first minutes, when blood stops flowing to the brain and hypoxia begins, the person will also experience a severe headache. However, as a rule, during such an attack, a person may lose consciousness almost immediately, since the organs are not supplied with blood in the normal manner. Without medical assistance, a person in this condition can live no more than 5 minutes without feeling pain.

Does it hurt to die from a bullet?

It all depends primarily on the place where the bullet hit and its caliber. If a bullet pierces the brain, then very often death occurs almost instantly, and the organ shuts down faster than the person has time to feel anything. In other situations, as a rule, first a person feels a sharp jolt, then a certain warmth in the body, and only then severe pain. After a few minutes, a painful shock occurs, when pain is no longer felt due to the body’s defense mechanisms being turned on, and the person loses consciousness. If medical care is not provided, he dies from blood loss, but there is no physical suffering.

Does it hurt to die from a fall?

Death from falling from a great height occurs almost instantly - within a few seconds or minutes. The sensations largely depend on the position in which the person landed and on the surface on which he fell. If you land on your head, death occurs instantly, and the only thing that can be experienced in this case is psychological panic during the flight. Death due to a fall occurs due to multiple fractures, rupture of internal organs and large blood loss. In the first seconds after the fall, a person experiences severe pain from the impact, then weakness occurs due to developing hypoxia and loss of consciousness.

Is it painful to die from blood loss?

The time of death in this case depends on the caliber of the damaged vessels. In particular, if the walls of the aorta are destroyed, the person dies almost instantly, without experiencing pain. Losing a lot of blood, a person does not feel pain. When bleeding, he first experiences dizziness, heaviness in the body and weakness. Gradually, strong thirst is added to these feelings. Eventually, due to insufficient blood supply, the person may lose consciousness and die.

Is it painful to die from cold?

In severe frost conditions, a person can die for quite a long time, but will not experience pain. Being in the cold for a long time, a person first experiences severe trembling and body aches. Gradually, he also begins to lose his memory and the ability to recognize the faces of loved ones. Then severe weakness sets in and, as a rule, people simply fall into the snow. The slow speed of blood flow in the brain provokes hallucinations. Severely narrowed capillaries on the skin can suddenly expand their lumen to create a surge of heat, which is why people often try to take off their clothes at this moment due to the feeling of “hotness”. After this, the person loses consciousness and dies, as if “in his sleep.”

Is it painful to die from AIDS?

Since death in this case does not arise from AIDS itself, but from a disease that the body cannot cope with, the sensations before death may vary. Most often this is cytomegalovirus, liver cirrhosis, tuberculosis, developing against the background of AIDS. However, death can also occur from ordinary bronchitis. Physical sensations will depend entirely on the disease that the body cannot overcome. It is painful for a person to die only if he is sick with serious diseases of the internal organs. For example, if death occurs from tuberculosis, the patient will experience severe pain in the chest, breathing and heartbeat may be impaired, and bloody vomiting may occur. In cases where death occurs due to cirrhosis of the liver, the patient may experience excruciating pain in the abdomen and right hypochondrium.

Conclusion

To summarize the above, we can say that it is more painful for people to die psychologically. Only in some cases does a person experience severe pain before death. More often people have a hard time accepting the fact of dying .