(or 2!) Dying of old age, can you actually DIE because of the body being worn out, or is it always a disease or such? I read that if we cure every disease, we would live hundreds of years.

Question

Title! I don’t get it. Isn’t my finger getting worn from just being used for too long? Or will it eventually get worse because of something else?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Hospice nurse here. Most people don’t understand dying, especially of old age. It’s not like a switch usually. They decline in the months before death slowly. Eat less, sleep more, weaker, more confused. It’s like you turn the volume down until you finally shut the radio off completely.