Elvis Presley: Did ‘chronic constipation' cause The King's death? - bad health explained
06.07.2022 - 13:25
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Ginger Alden said the following: "His arms lay on the ground, close to his sides, palms facing upward. "It was clear that, from the moment he landed on the floor, Elvis hadn't moved. "I gently turned his face toward me.
A hint of air expelled from his nose. "The tip of his tongue was clenched between his teeth and his face was blotchy. READ MORE: How to sleep: The food 'abundant in sleep-promoting nutrients'"I gently raised one eyelid.
His eye was staring straight ahead and blood red. "The official line, according to the Medical Chief of Tennessee at the time, Doctor Jerry Francisco, was that Elvis died from heart disease. "Elvis Presley died of heart disease, and prescription drugs found in his blood were not a contributing factor," Francisco told American Medical News at the time.
However, others that also attended the post-mortem had different responses, which added an air of mystery to the death. The family was also notoriously quiet about it. One of the leading theories is that the drugs and a bad diet both contributed to constipation, which itself was the main cause of a heart attack.
In Presley's bowels, they found compacted poo that had been sitting in his bowel for four months. At the time of his death, Presley also weighed 25 stone and had spent months locked away at home, binging on platters of cheeseburgers. Dan Warlick, a medical expert, who was at the post-mortem said the following in the past: "Presley's chronic constipation - the result of years of prescription drug abuse and high-fat, high-cholesterol gorging - brought on what's known as Valsalva's maneuver.
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