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One hears stories of people with dementia having a day or two of mental clarity just before they die. Could this explain that? Perhaps their bodily processes
by radford-neal 2y ago
One hears stories of people with dementia having a day or two of mental clarity just before they die. Could this explain that? Perhaps their bodily processes are failing so much that normal glucose production is impaired, leading to ketones being produced instead, and temporary clarity before the failures lead to death...
- mathgeek 2y agoPossible, but we’d need more research on Terminal Lucidity at this point in time: https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/alz.12162 https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.100...
- agumonkey 2y agoI wish i could read about this 'honeymoon' effect, it's so strange.