Death, the last and one of the most important stage in our lives, is normal and inevitable, but it is also the most mysterious event in the world. It is frequently debated that what will happen afterlife, but the answer is endless since nobody has the ability to communicate to the dead about what he or she experiences. However, it is reasonable to describe how human’s body changes after death because it can be observed or measured. From the scientific perspective, death is the permanent end of the life of a biological organism. Besides the stops of respiration and heart beats which are commonly known, there are several changes in the body.

The skin dries out. For a long time, people thought that hair and nails continue to grow after someone dies. But the actually reason is the shrinking of body. Skins lose moisture after the blood flow stops, therefore the skins dries out and the hair and nails appear longer.

Wrinkles disappear. This happens because the muscle lose all tension after people die with the collapse of body. The wrinkles disappear at least on the forehead. It is known that if someone gets really old, the saggy skin will be reserved, but the forehead won’t be scrunched. (K. ALEISHA FETTERS)

The body turns purple. When the circulation stops, heavy red blood cells concentrate on the parts of your body that are closest to the ground because of the effect of gravity. There are purple splotches over the lower part of body which are known as livor mortis. A good coroner can tell exactly what time a person died by studying the shades of livor mortis.

Organs will digest themselves. The process, known as putrefaction, happens when enzymes in the pancreas make the organ begin to digest itself. Microbes will then help to turn the body green from the belly onwards. Bacteria which spent their in human guts breaks the bodies down after people die, releases putrescine and cadaverine. (Katherine Butler)

At the end of state of decomposition, we all turn to dust and ash — and in some cases, wax. This is the end of life, biologically and physically. In the view of the physical and biological changes, it is what it  is. The research of death can be way more complicated and deep than the current research, and it’s one of the most mysterious questions that no one would have exact and accurate answer. All we can do, as exist human beings, is to do what we desire to do and to find our interests in the lifetime. In my point of view, the death is the next stage of our life, and we should not leave any regrets on this stage when we look back from the “next stage”.

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http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/5-weird-things-that-happen-after-you-die

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http://www.mnn.com/users/kbutler

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/author/k-aleisha-fetters