Death is one of the essential processes of life. And in the coming years and centuries, scientists are unlikely to create a pill for death. Therefore, questions arise about what symptoms characterize the approach of the end point of life.
A dying person has a number of symptoms that characterize his approach to death. Symptoms are categorized as psychological and physical. Scientists have noticed a pattern that regardless of why death occurs (age, injury, illness), most patients have similar complaints and emotional state.
Physical symptoms of impending death
Physical symptoms are various external changes in the normal state of the human body. One of the most noticeable changes is sleepiness. The closer death is, the more a person sleeps. It was also noted that it becomes more difficult to wake up each time. The time of wakefulness is shrinking more and more each time. The dying person feels more and more fatigue every day. This condition can lead to complete incapacity. A person can fall into a coma, and then full care will be required for him. Here, medical personnel, relatives or a nurse come to the rescue.
Another symptom of approaching death is respiratory rhythm disturbances. Doctors notice a sharp change from calm breathing to rapid breathing and vice versa. With these symptoms, the patient requires constant monitoring of breathing and, in some cases, a ventilator. In sometimes "death rales" are heard. As a result of stagnation of fluid in the lungs, noise appears during inhalation and exhalation. To reduce this symptom, it is necessary to constantly turn the person from one side to the other. Doctors prescribe a variety of medications and therapies.
The work of the gastrointestinal tract changes. In particular, the appetite is impaired. This is due to a deterioration in metabolism. The patient may not eat at all. It becomes difficult to swallow. Such a person still needs to eat, so it is worth giving food in the form of mashed potatoes in small quantities several times a day. As a result, the work of the urinary system is also disrupted. Stool disturbance or absence is noticeable, urine changes its color and its quantity decreases. In order to normalize these processes, enemas should be done, and kidney function can be normalized when doctors prescribe the necessary drugs.
The work of the brain before death is also disrupted. As a result, temperature fluctuations occur. Relatives begin to notice that the patient has very cold extremities, and the body becomes pale and reddish spots appear on the skin.
psychological symptoms of approaching death
Psychological symptoms can occur both with changes in the work of certain systems and organs in the body, and as a result of fear of approaching death. Before death, the work of sight and hearing deteriorates, various hallucinations begin. A person may not recognize his loved ones, not hear them, or, on the contrary, see and hear what is not really there.
The approach of death is felt by the person himself. Then he goes through the stage of accepting that this is the end. A person loses interest in everything, apathy and unwillingness to do something appears. Some people begin to rethink their lives, trying to fix something in the last moments, someone is trying to save their soul, turning to religion.
Before death, a person very often remembers his whole life, often the memories are vivid and detailed. There are also cases when the dying person seems to leave completely at some bright moment in his life and is in it until the very end.
