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This video contains a simplified, visual explanation of the causes, prognosis and treatment of the death rattle. It also contains a short audio clip of the death rattle sound.
Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:07 How long does a person live after the beginning of the death rattle?
0:21 Death rattle sound
0:40 Causes
0:57 Is it painful?
1:12 Treatment
1:36 Summary
Summary:
– The death rattle is a sign that a person is approaching the end of his life. A person usually lives for 23 hours after the death rattle begins.
-This occurs because as consciousness decreases, patients lose their ability to swallow and clear oral secretions. Air moves over these pooled secretions resulting in noisy breathing.
– It is important to know that this is not distressing for the patient because they are non-responsive and deeply asleep at this point.
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wait im ac afraid does this mean im about to die, im having almosst the same symtpoms i have influenza(the flu) when i breath its nothing wrong but when i swallow saliva i feel like something is returning it
I was searching for funk/phonk named Death Rattle And got this😂
Just here to experience what my family had to listen to before I finally am able to write out my apologies from addiction after nearly 3 years sober now.
My brother is dying right now . He is 59 years old. He had a brain abscess from a bad sinus infection that he did not treat. He has been in a coma for a few days now . The rattling just started . 😞
Hi Dr Paulien Moyaert
My mom had cancer shes weak can't eat properly and i heard some weird noise while she was sleep . She also experience deep breathing and difficulty of breathing I'm scared since I'm the only one left take care of him.
That sounds like snoring
I always sounds like this 😅
My mom recently passed 2 days ago and I was there with her till the very end. She had the death rattle but I didn't know it was called that. I miss her.
sounds like my obnoxious mouth breathing snoring relatives
Why do you think zombies sound like these? This is where they got the sound.
There are many people thst sound like this but are alive for many years after.Social media and the internet will have everyone thinking they are dying when they are not
It sounds like a zombie
My goodness, I remember my step-grandmother made this exact sound the day before she died in hospital, she had a pneumonia and was in coma, but at that time I had no idea what a death rattle was, nor I did know she was in her final hours. 😢
ну я так храплю, отец храпит (сопит) так же… Что, мы должны были помереть?
Sounds just like my dog snoring right next to me every night
Geezus, sounds like me every time i sleep.. i know cause I've recorded it 😮 so there ya go, i 'die' every day
Yeah, I did it every night my sleep without my CPAP machine I’m still alive
Why does this sound like me after coughing
I am doing these sound for a3 days now pray for me
Its 2.45 AM. I am sitting in ICU. My mum has Cronic pancreatitis and failing liver. Googled so many things why shes can't speak all of sudden and it led me here. I thought my mum is just snoring and sleeping. She couldn't sleep for weeks. I was glad that she'll wake up bit fresh tomorrow. She was so restless.
Shes doing that death rattle right this instance. Im pausing the video, listening to her. Shiver went down.
Couple days ?
I am so not ready.
Thank you I’m in the hospital with my grandma. She’s been doing good and suddenly backslided. She’s on a high does of Morphine and has been sleeping all dat
I listened to my 10 year make this sound. It was absolutely horrifying. He got bacterial meningitis after spinal surgery and was incredibly poorly. Thankfully after being hooked up for 23 hours a day with Antibiotics, 8 other surgeries over 6 weeks he recovered. The noise he made still haunts me now though, you never recover from hearing it 😢😢
i sound like that when i'm getting a succ fr
My husband had a widowmaker Sept. 29. He had the sound, the foam, the groan, eyes open, non responsive.
While waiting for the ambulance, i did a sternum rub. Nobody knows why, but it worked to bring him to semi consciousness.
Every day he was in hospital, someone would tell me i saved his life. I don't know how to respond bc I was throwing hail Marys & that shouldn't have worked.
I now know what to listen and watch for. He's here and that's all that matters.
This helps me sleep well.
My grandma did this sound for 5 days
Thank you for helping inform and educate people who are experiencing this with a loved one or who will eventually do so. I wish I had this information before my mom died. It was traumatic to hear as she had a very pronounced death rattle and it sounded like she was struggling to breath. the sound haunted me for months after she passed
THIS, is the sound that indicates that your loved one is about to take their next steps of their journey! No more pain, or suffering, but TRUE PEACE!!! This may sound HORRIBLE, but just know your loved one isn't suffering!
Me in the morning after smoking 2 packs the previous day.
My dad does this every day
Came here after seeing Melissa Doi's censored audio (last) call on the day of the unfortunate incident in New York.
Lost for words on how the people within the buildings went through on that day.
i think my dad sounds like this or not but he used to have tuberculosis but he took his medicine and stuff and hes fine now
That doesn't sound like a rattle and it's a freaky sound
So according to this video, the death rattle sounds like a person snoring. I doubt the accuracy of that.
it sounds like a zombie
My grandma went thru this, sounded terrifying
SAY IT ONCE AGAIN WITH FEELING HOW THE DEATH RATTLE BREATHING
I literally came here because of a five nights at freddys sound to make a theory i dont need like an hour explaining what it is 😭😭 (im mostly just kidding, this is a very informative video)
It sounds like me trying to wake up without the sounds of my of lots of pain
If I simulate these will I die?
Hey Dr. Paulien Moyaert, my friend (is in wheelchair and have other disease) on Discord is often making this sounds.. I have not told him, should I do something?
Thank you so much; this has really helped
Informative. Good to know my mom was just sleeping😩 i get scared sometimes…
I heard this sounds from my grandfather when he was sleeping, 2 days later today he passed away…
I prayed everyday he would get better soon but that just not happened. I miss him so much 😢
Lost my parents last year within a few weeks of each other to terminal illnesses. My mother did the death rattle then passed away in front of me of cancer