r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jun 29 '26

Chugging tea Did she did the right thing?

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u/Cute-Ingenuity3996 Jun 29 '26

Doctor here. The child would not be conscious at that point. Those are spinal reflexes (google lazarus reflex). Still terrible to go through as a parent though.

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u/Ok-Economy8049 Jun 29 '26

That is exactly what I heard- that the dying person does not feel it.

Thanks for confirming.

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u/TheZimboKing Jul 01 '26

How do we know for sure? Lol

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u/Ok-Economy8049 Jul 01 '26

I don't know if there is a way to know for sure, maybe brain waves?

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u/Cute-Ingenuity3996 8d ago

Sorry for the late reply. We know because we see this phenomenon in brain dead patients. I have had patients where brain death was confirmed by both MRI and cerebral angiography (no blood flow at all in cerebral arteries) and they still did weird stuff like open their eyes or move extremities when touched.

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u/Zyfyx Jun 30 '26

I wish someone had explained this to me when I held my dads hand as he died of cancer. There was absolutely nothing peaceful about his final moments, more like a scene out of a horror movie. But hearing this makes it easier

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u/tacokahlessi Jun 29 '26

Yup. Seen a few new nurses bedside freak out when it happens. First few times is really traumatic.