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26 YO died alcoholic cause of death?
My best friend, who was 26 years old died. They have not told her family the cause of death yet, and it has been over a month and a half. The coroners told them it wasnt a heart attack, and any drugs tests im sure would have come back by now. She drank heavily from the time she was 17, so I'm just wondering if it was natural, or liver failure. IDK
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- abijannLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
They usually place the cause of death on the death
certificate. If an autopsy was done, or they did any
kind of film testing on her...it would of determined if
this was a liver problem.
When the liver cells become damaged, the immune
system of the body would have responded to this
and cause inflammation inside the liver which
leads to the liver enlarging in size.
If the inflammation remains in the liver,
scar tissue would appear as the liver cells died off.
The liver would take on a knobby, nodular
appearance; it would also start to shrink in size
and have a hard texture.
This would have been easy to diagnose.
If she had liver failure, she would of developed
fluid in the abdominal area known as ascites.
This would of made her look like she was pregnant.
She would of turned Jaundice (yellowing of the
whites of the eyes and skin), She may have
developed spider like veins, known as hemoangiomas,
on her chest, neck, and shoulder areas.These are just
some of the physically seen signs of liver failure.
Sometimes families don't want others to know the
cause. She is already gone, so it really doesn't matter
unless it has an inheritance or viral factor, of which could of
been passed onto others.
I hope this has been of some help. Memories last
forever in our hearts and mind. Best wishes
Source(s): caregiver to a liver transplant patient - 7 years ago
I'm so sorry about your loss. I'm not exactly sure what the cause of death was, but I'm sorry. Congratulations on being sober for 6 months though. Honestly, it TRULY is something to celebrate.
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- 7 years ago
Idk how to elaborate on a question i aaked. Her bf said her hands were frozen stiff in place and that ahe had a heart attack, coroner said not.