2007-07-02 01:35:52 · 19 answers · asked by saullyy 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Well it depends on how you die. The best way to die is in your sleep. Are you planning to die soon in your old age?
2007-07-02 01:39:23 · answer #1 · answered by The Chaotic Darkness 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
People don't just die of old age. There is always a medical reason, even if it is just that they have a sudden cardiac arrest. If this is what takes them, it is assumed to be painless. I say "assumed" because obviously none of us have gone through it. A lot of people who are very old die of pneumonia. This is usually not a painful process, and if the person has any distress with their breathing, that can be controlled quite easily. If they die of a stroke, there probably is no pain since they become unconscious rapidly, and don't usually regain awareness during the dying process. This of course is also an assumption.
These are the three most common causes of death in old age as you are referring to it. But as people get older, they are much more likely to die of cancer, too, and this has varying degrees of pain, 99% of which can be controlled. And even if an old person does not have any obvious disease, they often have the pains of age like arthritis.
So it's hard to say whether dying of old age is painless. It certainly can be and I hope if you are asking because of someone you cared about, that that was the case!
2007-07-02 08:49:37 · answer #2 · answered by mommanuke 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are being cared for by hospice or are in a nursing facility the answer should be no. If something comes on suddnely that has no time to get treatment ??. I have seen many elderly pass away and with good nursing care they all go peacefully.
2007-07-02 08:47:25 · answer #3 · answered by heidilcgsd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes it can but usually the person will die in there sleep....when i did nursing i saw many people who dies this way and it is a very peaceful way to go..when they go to sleep there body slowly shuts doen on then and they quit breathing and do not wake up..other people who are old can have a very painful death especially if it is from infection or from lungs filling with fluid.
2007-07-02 08:43:49 · answer #4 · answered by becca9892003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When someone is able to tell us what it felt like to die of old age we'll know.
2007-07-02 08:43:53 · answer #5 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, of course, it doesn't tickle! Why do you think people are so afraid to die, that's half the reason. Your body stops working, you're in it, and you're aware of it! Yes, it fukking sucks!
And I don't believe becca was ever in nursing- nurses know the difference between "their" and "there", etc. At least I hope they do.
2007-07-02 08:43:56 · answer #6 · answered by nitty b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a question i've always wanted to know the answer to (that's why i did that 'tag this question as interesting' thing...)
i don't realy know... i think it would be in one's (yeah, old fashion term) sleep, or one would just sort of, 'drift' out and it wouldn't hurt... but i imagine it would hurt if 'one' had a pacemaker or something like that to help with their heart (or other things)...
i guess it would hurt more (i say hurt, as in emotionally) not knowing when it would happen, like, scared i guess, or just worried. i don't know...
2007-07-02 08:59:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. If it is a peaceful going to sleep kind of old age death, it is probably quite a nice way to go.
2007-07-02 08:53:51 · answer #8 · answered by Princess Picalilly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't tell you from personal experience (obviously) but I would think that death would be a blessed relief compared to the ailments that many "old agers" are afflicted with.
2007-07-02 08:44:52 · answer #9 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on whats going on with youre body pace makers are not what i wont when i die they keep the heart going long after the body is ready to go
2007-07-02 08:41:31 · answer #10 · answered by CINDYLOU 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋