Obese Autopsy : The Post Mortem

After having her left arm removed for cremation and ashes returned to her family the woman's remains were sent to medical staff for analysis.

As the team began the post mortem they noted a thick layer of greasy fat that 'felt like butter with a mesh going through it' that was mainly distributed around the belly.

Some fat is healthy for the body when the 'extra fat looks for somewhere else to go and that is where the damage is caused.

The amount of fat you can see tells you how likely the fat is to be doing damage elsewhere.
After cutting the deceased woman open they then went onto extract the heart which had a number of striking problems.

At 449 grams, it's a heavy heart, despite her weight this woman is quite a petite person and should have a heart of 225 grams so this is much heavier.'

This is a sort of heart you would expect in someone who has heart failure due to high blood pressure,
This heart has gone from a thick muscle to a paper bag that is not able to pump blood around the body,' he added.

The woman's liver also showed the signs of obesity being not as soft as it would be in a healthy person.
The first thing I saw in the liver marked is the fatty change
It was pink, soft, like pate. A normal liver is quite soft but not as soft and is much more meaty - the pink int his liver is the fat.'

The most common cause is alcohol related but we known this lady drank virtually nothing so it's almost certainly obesity.'
Fatty damage can lead to cirrhosis and cancer but even people who do not develop those can have liver failure.

After inspecting the woman's lungs, there were dripping with fluid which is a sign of pulmonary edema caused by heart failure.
This would have given a sensation of drowning..

People with this condition tend to need support for example if someone tells you they have sleep sitting up or with eight pillows that is very indicative of heart failure.
Heart failure is different to a heart attack, when it fails it doesn't fail straight away, it fails over time so symptoms are gradual.

This lady might have been able to walk up 10 flights of stairs three years ago then only five flights and then struggle up one flight of stairs, it was a progressive disease as the heart became worse and worse ..
If you are not getting enough oxygen in you are going struggle to breathe and get out of breath.

The kidneys also had the scars of obesity.
You should be able to see the kidneys and they should have a little bit of fat around them like an edamame bean that you pop out but these had very large fat capsules and lots of extra fat ..

Obesity can lead to diabetes which can cause kidney failure as the organ can become overworked.
The kidney is another detoxifying organ and it filters your urine ..
"If you are obese some fat will end up in your kidneys and they will have to work harder"

The only information we have about the women is that she was American, in her 60s, and she died of heart disease.
The woman knew her body may be used for research, and educational use, including being filmed anonymously for scientific presentation ..

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