My grandmother is 93 years old, and slowly but surely, her body is starting to shut down. Today she complained that her hands and feet were losing sensation, and joked that she thought she was slowing "petrifying" from her extremities inward. When I mentioned this tonight to my husband (because I thought it was a crazy old bird talking) he said that she is actually right, and that when his parents died (also of basically natural causes) that they turned "cold" or "petrifyed" from the outside in, their hearts being the last warm thing in the body. Does anyone know anything about this, and if it has any merit, or is it a wives tale?
2007-02-14 14:58:01 · 4 answers · asked by salemgirl1972 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
She is probably having a problem with her circulatory system. As we age, the system doesn't keep up like it had before. Oxygen distribution is not as efficient anymore. But it would explain the coldness and loss of feeling in the extremities.
2007-02-14 15:10:33 · answer #1 · answered by kam 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As long as we are alive, our hearts are pumping. The heart pumps blood to every part of our bodies. Our feet and hands, as we prepare to die, can receive less blood in an effort by our body to keep more blood fed to our organs, including our brain. When we die, our hearts beat slower and slower and then stop. Without the oxygen in the blood, our brains get "sleepy" and slow down, too. For awhile, as we slip away, we can hear. Dying people, even unconscious, can hear. And, after the heart stops, the brain then stops and there is death.
2007-02-14 23:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wives tale!! Conventional wisdom. If everybody body knows the same thing it is probably wrong!!
2007-02-14 23:02:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know but I've also heard that when you die you body loses seven pound instantly.
2007-02-14 23:07:59 · answer #4 · answered by Peacen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋