Why can't we let people just die naturally from terminal disease or brain death?
Why is technoloy is used to keep someone who is dead, will die soon and/or no hope for recovery- alive? Why is it that people would rather prolong the suffering of loved one untill God preforms a miracle. But use of stem-cells is wrong. Anyway, back to the question, if someone is going to die, that is old age, combined with disease, injury and over all support needed to keep them "alive", why is it that there is a question of how dead someone has to be before you let them die. If someone is NOT going to heal/recover why keep them "alive", and in most cases suffering. How would you define being "alive". If you want to use some of the pro-life thoughts, its when cells are combined, well on that thought process, life supports itself. If you can't, or have no hope of supporting the basics for homeostasis (normal body's internal environment) and provide for your own physical needs. Or is it more indepth. Everyone will argue about when someone is dead, but what about bing alive?
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I don't believe in live support. but I understand why familys have it. If I was to put myself in their position, I would probably be quite emotional on letting them go. But, that's life. As for letting people die naturally, sometimes can be painful. Injections to help them sleep or numb the pain can be applied to help them. Other than that, it's arguable. (
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can too much gel cause brain death?
I use gel almost everyday to hold my hair back. I have thick hair, meaning I have a lot of hair follicles within one given area of my scalp. And I use like a half palm full of gel to style my hair. Can that kill brain cells or make me retarded? I'm concerned because lately I've had fluctuations in my mental capacity, like memory and other stuff. Any suggestions or advice is appreciated.
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I've never ever heard of brain damage due to excessive gel application to your hair. Men look so sexy with their hair all fixed up with gel. It's a smooth look that makes them look fresh and clean :-) (
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Is there a real chance for a case with brain death to get back to life... see details?
we keep cases of brain death on ventilator because of the theoretical possibility that it may get back....
but in the absence of : hypothermia, drugs, electric shock, drowning... etc in the absence of these condition that may falsely be diagnosed as brain death, is there any chance that a patient with brain death to get back alive??
I mean real recorded cases in the absence of the above mentioned special circumstances.....??
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Yes. (
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if baby at 26 weeks premature dies of suffocation with bleeding in the brain is it a painful death?
I really hope not.
If you lost your baby like this, my heart goes out to you!
God Bless! (
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I would like to know about coma and brain death.?
If a person is in a coma breathing on there on, with some movement, when you talk to them.react to suctions with frown brain dead?
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Most doctors use something called the Glasgow Coma Scale to determine if a person is in a coma or not. I've included two web sites which give the scale and discuss it below.
Basically, after you add up the components of the scale, if the numbers add up to a total greater than 9, then the person is not in a coma; if the numbers add up to 8 or less, then they are. (
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Does Human Brain record all activities between the period "natural death" and "Clinical Death" ?
I will simplify this question for a better understanding:
Does a subject/ protocol ever Feel, Think, See, Smell, Communicate between the time gap "Natural Death" and "Clinical Death"
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I am not clear on what is meant by "natural" vs "clinical," but by the definitions in how they are used it sounds like it is talking about reversible vs. irreversible.
Reversible obviously means that a person can be medically revived in some capacity (e.g. consciousness) in order to report on what they experienced while in the NDE state. We have plenty of strong anecdotal evidence which clearly suggests that the human consciousness survives after the physical "shell" has ceased to function.
Irrevisible of course means that the person could not be revived and that no such NDE report could be given in order to research that particular experience.
It is worth noting, however, that through over 30 years of careful study, every single non-biased (e.g. non-skeptical) look into NDEs has suggested an immortal soul at the core of human consciousness. And this is obviously the correct conclusion drawn when one looks at the literature from both sides and makes a neutral observation on where the data is pointing. In other words, there is far more research and anecdotes in favor of survival of consciousness than a Susan Blackmore-ish reductionist hypothesis.
But yes, to answer the question fully: people feel, think, see, smell and communicate even after their physical shells have ceased to function. Research the infamous "shoe on the roof" NDE whereby a woman clearly identified a shoe that she had seen on the roof of the hospital while floating above the hospital in an OBE state (she was taken to the hospital by ambulance unconscious). When a janitor went onto the roof, they found the shoe in the exact place on the roof and exactly as described by the patient.
It is also important to understand that Western science is extremely skeptical of NDEs as being definitive proof of an immortal existence. Yet Western science is cautious by design only; it makes no claim either way as to what is most correct. Science can only offer explanations based on observations and experiments. Does that make Western science correct in regards to NDEs? Short answer: heck no. Long answer: heck no.
The bottom line is that the data very strongly points towards a YES answer in regards to an immortal existence. (
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what is the disease called that is caused by death of brain cells and it produces dopamine?
Alzheimer's.
Edit - Too the answer below me.
As you may know, Dopamine is widespread in the brain as well as the rest of the nervous system. This neurotransmitter plays a critical role in the control of movement. It also has a stimulating effect on the heart, the circulation, the rate of metabolism and is able to mobilize many of the body's energy reserves. It also helps to modulate brain activity, control coordination and movement and regulate the flow of information from different areas of the brain. Dopamine is also believed too release chemicals that allows us toofeel preasure (endorphins). A massive disturbance to dopamine regulation in the brain can result in the person no longer being able to respond emotionally or express his or her feelings in an appropriate way. Dopamine IS linked to Alzheimers and IS linked too the shut down of brain cells. (
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what are the effects of swelling on the brain besides death?
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What is the big debate surrounding death and organ donations - i.e when is someone DEAD or just brain dead?
Its because people who are healthy and die unexpectedly havent put on their licences whether or not they want to be donors, so the doctors are at the people asking for the organs of the dead person at the same time that they are being told that the person has died, mainly because the organs only have a short time to be taken from the body and put into anothers, brain dead people are on life support and thats keeping them going, but their organs start to deteriorate especially the kidneys, so they have to make a decision, that is why they are encouraging people to talk about it with their families so if this situation does arise they know what the person wants, hope this clarifies the situation, its a very hard decision to make and people feel quite strongly on this issue, which I think it depends on you, not others to make up your mind for you! :) (
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What is metabolic encelopathy? Can EEG dignose brain death?
Paolin A, Manuali A, Di Paola F, Boccaletto F, Caputo P, Zanata R, Bardin GP, Simini G.
Reliability in diagnosis of brain death.
Intensive Care Med. 1995 Aug;21(8):657-62.
"OBJECTIVE: To compare some of the confirmatory investigations of brain death with clinical criteria in order to achieve the most sensitive and accurate diagnosis of brain death. DESIGN: All patients with isolated brain lesions and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) = 3 were subjected to neurological examination after ruling out hypothermia, metabolic disorders and drug intoxications and diagnosed as clinically brain-dead when the brainstem reflexes were absent and the apnea test positive. PATIENTS: 15 patients with clinical diagnosis of brain death entered this study. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: The patients were submitted to the following investigations: electroencephalogram (EEG), transcranial Doppler (TCD) of the middle cerebral arteries (MCA), cerebral blood flow measurements with the i.v. Xe-133 method (CBF) and selective cerebral angiography (CA). EEG was isoelectric in 8 patients while the remaining 7 patients showed persistence of electrical activity. TCD was compatible with intracranial circulatory arrest in 18 MCA districts, compatible with normal flow in 2 and undetectable in 10 out of 30 districts insonated. In CBF examinations, however, all the patients showed a characteristic "plateau" of the desaturation curves lasting through the whole investigation and suggestive of absent cortical flow. CA showed circulatory arrest in both carotid and vertebral arteries. CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that cerebral angiography and CBF studies are the most reliable investigations whereas the role of EEG and TCD remains to be determined because of the presence of false negatives and positives." (
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