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Death by Water
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Monday, 2005-08-29 | Classic Gin
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Death by drowning occurs when one has been submerged in water or another suffocating liquid.
When an individual has been submerged in water or another suffocating liquid for an extended period of time, his ability to 'hold his breath' will eventually fail and he will 'inhale' the liquid in which he has been submerged. Common to all victims of drowning and near-drowning is a pronounced distention of the abdomen. When the victim begins to 'inhale' liquid, it will often times fill his stomach and esophagus causing him to appear bloated or 'water-logged.'
It is for this reason that victims will often be unable to shout for help.
The drowning or near-drowning victim's skin will then begin take on a bluish color, especially around the lips and nose. He will, accordingly, have cold skin and appear very pale. This is an effect of suddenly depriving the brain of oxygen--purplish, oxygen-deprived blood will rush to the surface of the skin causing the drowning victim to appear pale and as though his lips and eyes are blue.
Upon 'inhaling' large amounts of liquid, near-drowning victims report experiencing a confusion that can range from 'panic' to 'euphoria.' Certain near-drowning victims report having, upon inhalation, experienced a stillness or calm. Others report having experienced feelings of helplessness and terror.
Drowning victims and near-drowning victims, tend to cough violently before expiring or upon having been rescued from drowning. The discharge is best described as a pink, frothy sputum. The violent response of the respiratory system to the entrance of large amounts of liquid into the lungs causes this; drowning and near-drowning victims cough so violently that excess mucus and phlegm is expelled from their lungs along with whatever foreign matter they may have accidentally ingested upon being submerged. The sputum is pink because it is often mixed with blood. Vomiting can occur.
The ability to breathe is rapidly lost. The victim's lungs are paralyzed by the weight of the liquid that they have become filled with and the victim's diaphragm can no longer force the lungs to expand (in hale) or contract (exhale).
What follows are shallow or 'gasping' respirations accompanied by severe chest pain--the pressure maintained in the thoracic cavity is often doubled or tripled by the weight of the water in the lungs and stomach--and sudden failure of organs in the thorax. While it is not common for organs such as the kidneys or spleen to fail, drowning and near-drowning victims experience rapid heart-failure due to the intense pressure placed upon the thoracic cavity by large volumes of 'inhaled' water.
Unconsciousness follows.
Involuntary vomiting will then commence. As organs fail, muscles begin to twitch violently before failing completely and reverse peristalsis can occur. Sphincter muscles in the body will behave similarly, clenching and unclenching rapidly and uncontrollably while the victim has lost consciousness.
The victim having lost consciousness, suffered the failure of various organs and finally lost muscle control, the brain will suffer the increasingly severe side-effects of total oxygen-deprivation. The damage to the nervous system can be severe--near-drowning victims, having been rescued, have been known to suffer a kind of shock that, in some cases, will cause the victim's heart to stop as late as 24 or 48 hours after having been rescued. If the drowning victim is not rescued within minutes of having lost consciousness, beginning with the functions of the outer-brain, such as memory and sense and ending with the simple, autonomic responses of the hypothalamus, his brain operations will cease.
Causing Death.
