What Would Cause Blood to Come Out of Ones Mouth and Nose During Death? Could Lupus Be Involved?

Question by : What would cause blood to come out of ones mouth and nose during death? Could lupus be involved?
A neighbor died the other night, and I’m very curious about something. I know she had lupus, and she had earlier in the day been rocking back and forth, naked, in front of the window. She was in a daze, and refused to go to hospital. Later that night she got in an argument with her friend and from what I heard, she fell in the bathroom. Then blood started pouring out of her nose and mouth, as her eyes rolled back in her head. Her friend called the paramedics and they asked if she did any drugs. He responded with “All of them. But she didn’t do any cocaine tonight.”

I want to know what could possibly have caused the excessive bleeding from her face, when she didn’t, in fact, HIT her face. She had an injured hand, though. I thought maybe it could it be that when she died, her body had a loss off clotting factors due to the lupus, but why would it be so excessive and spurting out? I heard someone mention that it was “Natural Causes”, but what could naturally cause blood to pour from ones orifices?? I’ve known several people with lupus, and this has NEVER been a fear for them– I would love your opinion!

Thank you so much, sorry for such a morbid tale!

Best answer:

Answer by Sharon Wiliams
If she had a blow to the head, she could have had bleeding into the brain or a hemorrhage in the brain that would cause blood to come out of her nose and mouth upon death, especially if she was on blood thinners.

Another cause would be a massive heart attack.

Answer by Linda R
Many lupus patients have a low platelet count which means the blood does not clot. However, what you describe sounds like a skull fracture that damaged and tore brain tissue and blood vessels. Her behavior is consistent with drug abuse and/or psychosis, not lupus.