The Effects of Strangulation on the Body

When the blood is restricted through strangulation in the neck, the heart is still pumping. Blood typically is now being pushed up through the carotid arteries up into the head. If there's no obstruction, it will drain out of the head through the jugular veins. But when there's constriction around the neck, you have a moment in time in which blood is still able to flow but can't get out. The pressure actually can build up quite dramatically in the head. And then eventually you also can see even around the heart, some blood vessels bursting or a congestion fluid build up inside the lungs all from strangulation.