Ask Your Health Question. Health Experts Answer You ASAP.

(Not a Health Question?)

.I am writing to you regarding a question that I

Sent to Health Experts October 29 06:17 PM

.
I am writing to you regarding a question that I need answer to if you can please help me in any way.
In hanging or ligature strangulation, would it be possible for just the larynx to be affected??
Thank you for your time, much appreciated.
Deborah

 

Optional Information:
Female , Age: 40

Already Tried:
books

Customer (name blocked for privacy)
Status:  Closed   Value: $30
Answer
October 29 6:24 PM (7 minutes and 17 seconds later)
         
ACCEPTEDCheck Mark
Hard question.

If a larynx is crushed and there are no other signs, such as rope burns, blood vessel collapse, damage to esophagus or trachea, it is death by asphyxiation. You would need more supporting evidence to say that the death was caused by strangulation.

A larynx can be crushed on its own and not have any other wounds. I would rather not disclose further on this though for obvious reasons.
Picture
NurseElisa -- LPN -- 97% Positive Feedback on 663 Health Accepts
30 years, critical care, home care, management, coronary care, gastroenterology, sex!
Reply
October 29 7:00 PM (35 minutes and 27 seconds later)
         
Relist: I still need help.
there is rope burn horizontal round the neck slight blood vessel collaps would it be strangultion or hanging thank you
Customer (name blocked for privacy)
Answer
October 29 7:01 PM (1 minute and 28 seconds later)
         
REPLIEDCheck Mark
Then it is death by strangulation. Hanging would have more trauma.
Picture
NurseElisa -- LPN -- 97% Positive Feedback on 663 Health Accepts
30 years, critical care, home care, management, coronary care, gastroenterology, sex!
Reply
October 29 7:24 PM (23 minutes and 14 seconds later)
         
Reply to NurseElisa's Post: that answer is satisfactory. but could you tell me what trauma in your opinion would constitute hanging if the body was partly suspended i.e torso taking the strain of the knot thank you
Customer (name blocked for privacy)
Answer
October 29 7:40 PM (15 minutes and 33 seconds later)
         
ACCEPTEDCheck Mark
In cases of death due to hanging, fractures of the thyroid cartilage, the hyoid bone, fracture of the cricoid cartilage, facial congestion, visible hematomas of the soft tissue, cartilage and bones of the neck, injuries to the sternocleidomastoid muscles, common carotid stenosis, venous obstruction, leading to cerebral stagnation, hypoxia, and unconsciousness, which allows muscle tone relaxation and final arterial and airway obstruction, arterial spasm due to carotid pressure, leading to low cerebral blood flow and collapse, vagal collapse, caused by pressure to the carotid sinuses and increased parasympathetic tone.

These are all the possibilities I can find. They do not have to all be present to prove death by strangulation from hanging, but these are all the signs they would look for.


Picture
NurseElisa -- LPN -- 97% Positive Feedback on 663 Health Accepts
30 years, critical care, home care, management, coronary care, gastroenterology, sex!
Think you can answer this question?
Login or Become an Expert

Related Answers

 

DISCLAIMER: You acknowledge that any information you may obtain from individuals you contact through use of the JustAnswer service comes from those individuals, not from JustAnswer, and that JustAnswer is not in any way responsible for any of the information these third parties may supply. The site and services are provided "as is" with no warranty and no representations are made regarding the qualification of an Expert. Responses and comments on JustAnswer are for general information and are not intended to substitute for informed professional advice (such as medical, legal, investment or accounting) and do not establish a professional-client relationship. JustAnswer is not intended or designed to address EMERGENCY QUESTIONS which should be directed immediately by telephone or in-person to qualified professionals. Please carefully read the Terms of Service.

JustAnswer > Online Health Advice