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WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY 100 YEARS AFTER DEATH

HOW YOUR BODY DECAYS

By Myth GuruPublished 12 months ago 3 min read
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY 100 YEARS AFTER DEATH.

Hello readers, do you want to know what happens to your body a century after death? I hope you enjoy reading this article as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Over 200 bones, a few trillion bacteria, and up to 37 trillion cells make up your body.

Even though it's common to think of death as the end of one's life, the body still has a long way to go. Interesting right?

Well, Your body quickly begins to lose the characteristics that make you unique.

One of the first things to disappear shortly after death is your brain.

You see, when your heart stops beating, the blood flow that is meant to carry oxygen to your organs and tissues also ceases.

The most active, oxygen-hungry organs and tissues therefore die first when there is no blood. And the outcomes are...wet, Because there is 70% water in those organ and tissue cells. When cells are deprived of oxygen, they self-destruct and release all of that fluid into the coffin floor. By that evening, a process that is even more unsettling starts at the gut. The millions of hungry microorganisms that typically aid in food digestion can no longer be held in check by your failing immune system, So they run away. They first move through your tissues, veins, and arteries after leaving the lower intestines. Within a few hours, they get to your liver and gallbladder, which produce a yellow-green liquid called bile that is used to digest fat when you are living. After the microorganisms have finished digesting those organs, however, the bile begins to flood the body, discoloring it a yellow-green color. The microorganisms are widespread between days two and four.

Additionally, they are releasing harmful gasses like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, which expand and make your body smell and bloat.

After three or four months, Your blood vessels have degenerated to the point where the iron inside them leaks out, turning brownish-black as it oxidizes, giving you the yellow-green complexion that has turned brownish-black.

Additionally at this time, the molecular bonds holding your cells together disintegrate, causing your tissues to disintegrate into a mush of water.

Your cotton clothing also deteriorates within a little over a year due to the body's pollutants and acidic bodily fluids.

Only the waistline and nylon seams remain.

Nothing dramatic occurs at this point for a time.

By ten years in, given enough moist, the low-oxygen atmosphere triggers a chemical process that causes the fat in your thighs and butt to change into grave wax, a substance that resembles soap.

Dryer circumstances, on the other hand, result in mummification.

You may mummify naturally, that much is true.

No need for frightening tools, chemicals, or wrappings.

Because water is evaporating through the thin skin on your ears, nose, and eyelids throughout the entire decomposition process, causing them to dry up and turn black, or mummify.

Your tissues will have dissolved and vanished after 50 years, leaving only mummified skin and tendons.

The soft collagen inside of them will eventually decay, and after 80 years in that coffin, your bones will break, leaving just the brittle mineral frame remains.

Even that shell, though, will eventually break.

The last of your bones will have disintegrated into dust in a century.

And just your teeth, which are the strongest component of your body, will be left.

Teeth, some nylon threads, and burial wax. Crazy right?

Hope this was fun to read, let me know your thoughts in the comment section, I would love to know your thoughts.

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