Cadaveric spasm

Cadaveric spasm is a rare condition. In this, the muscles that were contracted during life become stiff and rigid immediately after death without passing into the stage of primary relaxation. As such, the changes preserves the exact attitude of the person at the time of death for several hours afterwards. It occurs especially in case of sudden death, excitement, fear, severe pain, exhaustion, cerebral hemorrhage, injury to the nerves system, firearm wound of head, convulsant poisons, such as strychnine, etc.

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