Is it true that when you die, your bowels empty?

Answer 1

yeppp :D

""Shortly after death, all muscles in the body start to relax. What controls the release of urine, the "floodgate" if you will, is a muscle in the bladder called a "sphincter". The sphincter also relaxes when you die, so the bladder evacuates the urine out. Therefore, you pee your final pee post-mortem, if there's any urine in your bladder at the time of death. """

Answer 2

Unfortunately, yes. All smooth muscles in the body relax at the time of death causing involuntary defecation and urnination too. I've seen this happen when a ladies dog got hit by a car and he died on the road as I came on the scene. It's no different with humans.

Answer 3

My mother died recently aged 97 with advanced dementia. I was there and although she d been unconscious or semi conscious, her face contorted terribly just as she died, as if she was in a lot of pain for a moment. It has worried me very much but now I am wondering whether it was simply the passing of a hard stool, since she had had no fluids for a few days. Could that be right?

Answer 4

Yes. My wife's sister is a nurse that worked in a nursing home. She said whenever a patient died the first thing they did was pack the rear ends with gauze or they would end up with a mess. Sad but true. No pun intended.

Answer 5

It is true when you die all your muscles relax. If there is material in your colon then it does empty.

Answer 6

Yes, and the bladder too. I worked in ER on a code team and it does happen. It also can happen when you have a seizure, pass out or faint.

Answer 7

Yes, because when you die your muscles relax

Answer 8

Your muscles relax, and it all comes out, one way or another...it's your muscles that hold it all in. So yes, things get messy.

Answer 9

When you die, your muscles relax, therefore - YES!

Answer 10

yes... according to principle of muscle relaxation