I work at a hospital & when someone passes, anyone available takes the body to the morgue. The other night, there was a body already in there that needed to be moved to make room & we noticed it had goosebumps on its arms. How is this possible? We asked our ED Dr. & he had no answer.
2007-08-22 04:12:17 · 5 answers · asked by mighty mouse 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
The only deduction I can make is that the person had goosebumps when he/she expired or perhaps it was the very beginnings of decomposition. The body begins to dehydrate, the flesh loses fluids and this process may give the appearance of goosebumps on the surface when the skin shrinks away from the hair folicle.
2007-08-22 04:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe it has something to do with the way skin retracts after death. the skin pulls back and it looks like hair and nails are still growing.
2007-08-22 04:21:54 · answer #2 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you think that person was still alive?
and had no way of communicating?
It happens
2007-08-22 04:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by CCRIDER69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was probably cold - ha - kidding - did you make sure he was dead?
2007-08-22 04:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a hard one.
2007-08-22 04:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by deserthawk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋