stages of death rigor

What is still upsetting and frustrating is that an autopsy has been done, but the vet said they are still not able to diagnose the cause of death, and that my Yorkshire Terrier looked in pretty good shape for her age of 12 years (which she was, other than her cataracts). Is it possible that the vet is not able to diagnose the cause of death due to her size since she was a miniature and weighed only 1.8kg?

I am so sorry about the loss of your dog. 16 plus years, is an amazing life for a large dog. It is a blessing when a dog lives a long life, and is able to die in the comfort of his own home, where he feels safe. I do not know why you are worried about having touched your dog after he died....you touched him while he was alive, and you never contracted anything from him then, did you...? I don't know where you read this, but I have never heard of such a thing.

I'm living it right now and to be honest, I am aware of 5 to 7 steps or stages of the grief process, but they don't matter, because you survive one day at a time ....baby steps, and not time frame, since everyone heals at their own pace. It's been 2 years for me and I do feel better, but I am not yet completely healed...it takes a long time.

I have the same pains, usually in my head but sometimes in my leg or some other part of the body. Today, its on the right side of the top of my head and when it hits, I just about yell out loud.

Stage 1 is considered a small amount of fibrosis. Stages 2 and 3 is considered a greater amount of fibrosis or scarring meaning the disease has progressed. The more fibrosis the harder it is on the liver to carry out it's functions. As the damage progresses further, many scars can form together, which can lead to stage 4, or cirrhosis.

Sometimes an enlargement causes heart failure. In the advanced stages , failure has symptoms of varying degrees. Some people are incapacitated and find it hard to move around, but others can get by ok.

I am so very sorry about your little dog's passing. I obviously can't tell you what the cause of his death was. Only a necropsy (autopsy) could determine that. I am making an educated guess however, as when you said he had belly contractions, this reminded me of my own dear dog who passed from hemangiosarcoma. She had a massive internal bleed in her last few hours, and kept contracting her belly muscles. I know this was an instinct to try to get something out of her insides.

She was lying on her side younger slightly out bleeding slightly from her nose. She went out at 830 and this was 1230. Her legs had rigor but her belly was still soft. She didn't appear to have any external trauma..so we are a little stumped as to what might have happened. I did notice that she has lost some weight and has not been as interested in eating her food lately.

What your experienced was rigor. In medical terms rigor is an abrupt attack of shivering and a sensation of coldness, this is accompanied by a rapid rise in body temperature and often marks the onset of a fever. I do hope that you have been back to your doctor as advised by ER. It is likely that the if you have a bacterial infection, the antibiotic you were given was not the right one. If your condition is caused by a virus, the antibiotic will not work.

Usually the woman in late stages of labor becomes acutely dyspneic with hypotension , experience seizures followed by cardiac arrest, massive DIC associated hemorrhage follows this and ends in death of the parturient. Death is mostly within an hour of onset. You can check related data in the books or the internet. Take care.

I think there are different stages of addiction..the early stages which are most easily broken and then the last stages where one has to do or die. Actually as i type I realize that one always has to do or die because if one does not stop in the early stages it can progress to a much more difficult time and a more difficult recovery.

My father is in the final stages of dementia. He can no longer hold anything or walk. He quit speaking about 4 years ago. I just was recently told that he no longer chews. This has been for about 6 weeks. His food is thickened so he can swallow it. He has lost about 20 pounds in 5 months. His albumin level is 2.7, and 2.5 is sometimes the criteria for hospice care. My question is, how much longer before he loses his ability to swallow?

t went through the 5 stages of death. No matter what everyone who loses someone has to go through these stages..So my advice to you is to get out some pictures and just cry. You need to cry..it really helps. but i am no expert..

I thought there were only 4 stages of liver disease, not 6. Anyone know what the pathology report cirrhosis stage 6/6 might mean? Thank you.

I am going to have a fibroscan in a couple of weeks and i am expecting to have advanced liver fibrosis and ciarrhosis (not sure if thats spelt right)! I have heard of ciarrhosis measured in terms of 'stages', can anyone give me any infomation on what the stages mean so that i can be a little prepared for my appointment?

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