With conjoined twins,- can one twin predecease the other?
Answer:
Well if one twin dies it will kill the other twin. The deceased twin's body will decay and they are still attached then the toxins released from the dead twins body will kill the other.
When one twin dies, the others time is very limited. Since the Hensel twins share hearts, the surviving twin would go into heart failure trying to pump blood for both bodies. Also, the blood would become contaminated and poisonous as the deceased body began to decompose. I would give the surviving twin a max of 72 hours of surving after the death of the other.
When one conjoined twin dies, the other will be right behind.
If the doctors are unable to disconnect them, then the other twin will also die in a very short time. Normally if one is ill and know will die Dr's will all ready have a plan to operate on the serving twin.
When Chang died of a blood clot on the brain, Eng was only a few hours behind...
The heart is not the only thing needed to survive. Usually, when one dies, the other follows because many organs are shared.
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