What happens to victim's body after the Dementor's kiss?

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 94085

> >happybean98 wrote:
> >What exactly happens to the body of someone once 
> >they have been kissed by a Dementor?

> "Andrew" <ruminalus_ficus at y...> wrote: 
> The way I've always understood it is that their body continues to 
> live, but the person himself is gone.  So the body of Barty Crouch 
> is probably at St. Mungos or some other facility, where it is taken 
> care of as an animal would be.  The person, Barty Crouch (or 
> whomever it may be), no longer exists.  The consciousness of the 
> person is destroyed.
 
Arya now, quoting from PoA:

Remus says, "Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this 
earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay 
and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air 
around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see 
them. Get too near a dementor and every good feeling, every happy 
memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the dementor will feed 
on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself... soul-
less and evil. You'll be left with nothing but the worst experiences 
of your life."

Later, he also says:

"They call it the Dementor's Kiss," said Lupin, with a slightly 
twisted smile. "It's what dementors do to those they wish to destroy 
utterly. I suppose there must be some kind of mouth under there, 
because they clamp their jaws upon the mouth of the victim and -- and 
suck out his soul."

Harry accidentally spat out a bit of butterbeer.

"What -- they kill --?"

"Oh no," said Lupin. "Much worse than that. You can exist without 
your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still 
working. But you'll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no. .. 
anything. There's no chance at all of recovery. You'll just exist. As 
an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever... lost."

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The bit about 'something like themselves' makes me think that perhaps 
a Dementor's Kiss begets another Dementor eventually.