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Is it true that the closer you get to death the more your body start to curl up into the fetal position?
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Dying Process: While this occurs in some people, this stereotype is not the usual situation. One scenario in which this can happen is the frail elderly patient that has a slow decline, confining them in bed over a prolonged period time. Then the large muscles, from disuse, begin to contract and atrophy, and the body becomes curled.
Answered 7/23/2018
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Yes : Because you are loosing bone mass that makes your body like that
Answered 4/9/2019
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Muscle contracture: As the body dies, dehydration combined with malnutrition will cause the large muscles to contract leading a 'fetal position' appearance.
Answered 10/30/2020
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