Ground-Glass Nodules: If Growing, Assume Cancer. The more CT scans that are performed, the more ground-glass opacities (GGOâs) are seen and what to do with these abnormalities can be difficult to ascertain for clinicians.
During the dying process, many people have visions. This may be of other places, people who have died before, or other beings such as angels. While everyone has different beliefs regarding death, it is important to know that this is a normal process of dying and should just be accepted as is.
Decomposing starts almost immediately, with the skin going through several changes in colour as the blood stops circulating leaving the body an ashen color. However different cells die at different rates. For example, brain cells die within a few minutes, whilst skin cells can survive over 24 hours after death. Soon after death rigor mortis occurs, which is caused by a complex chemical reaction (involving lactic acid and myosin), which forms a gel like substance which creates the body's stiffness.