Mortician Gerald uses his social media platforms to answer users questions about death, autopsies and complications that can arise when you’re already buried in the ground.
A mortician has issued a warning after sharing the most and least common causes of death he encounters when performing an autopsy. Gerald, known as @big_led73 on TikTok, is regularly sent questions about the human body after death and how autopsies are carried out by his 2.3 million followers.
He hopes speaking about these topics will normalise discussing death. In one of his videos, Gerald shared the “most common and least common” causes of death he encounters when at work as he warned people to look after their bodies.
He said: “The most common cause of death is heart disease. So, I’m going to need you all to quit smoking, eat a better diet, and exercise three times a week – let’s get that heart in shape,” he said.
“The least common cause of death is cirrhosis of the liver. If you’re drinking, just drink a little, don’t drink a lot because eventually you’re going to get a fatty liver and you’ll die of cirrhosis of the liver. It’s a small chance but it could happen.”
Commenting on his post, one user said: “I work on a liver floor. The amount of patients that I have that are in their 30s is unbelievable. and a lot of them don’t qualify for a new liver.” Another user added: “Both my mum and uncle died from cirrhosis. My mum was 31 and uncle was 41.” A third user said: “Cirrhosis can be nonalcoholic too. My grandmother died of that type.” One more user added: “I quit smoking in February and I’m never going back.”
In another video, Gerald was asked: “If a female has breast implants, are they removed or will the body decompose, becoming a skeleton with fake boobs?” He confirmed if “they’re yours” then “you’re taking them to the grave” – and your body will decompose around them.
Gerald said: “They’re not removed. If you’re embalmed, the embalming fluid will preserve the tissue and slow down the decomposing process. “Or if you’re not embalmed, you’re going to decompose super fast. The boobs will still be there. They’re not going to decompose.”
“They say your hair and nails keep growing after you die which is not true, they don’t. Your skin shrinks – the embalming fluid dehydrates you and your skin shrinks, so it looks like your hair and nails grow. But your boobs are gonna stay the same and the skin will shrink around them and eventually decompose.”
Source: mirror.co.uk
