2006-08-15 10:31:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes. The duration we can last without taking in water depends on many circumstances.
Something often overlooked however is that we don't merely lose water through our trips to the washroom and perspiration. Water is also a biproduct of breathing. So, just by breathing you dehydrate. Thats part of why it can seem like we take more moisture in than we put out. To last as long as possible without water, and assuming one couldn't cheat by taking in moist foods or drinking their urine, one would want to reduce their metabolism as much as possible. The lower the average cellular activity in the body, the longer you'd last.
This partly explains why you don't see a lot of big people in the desert. The problems with body heat and hydration are difficult for big people in that environment.
2006-08-15 10:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by moment_in_passing 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you will no longer unavoidably drop lifeless on the third or the twenty first day. How long you final from starvation relies upon on an excellent sort of things alongside with weight, well-being, interest, actual condition and climate. those with super fat shops will stay longer than people who do no longer. without fluids, dehydration will in all probability kill you in 3-4 days, in spite of length. Dehydration is characterized by utilising hangover sort problems, dizziness, delirium, unconsciousness and finally dying. whilst i replaced into contained in the middle east, I seen dehydration indicators influence human beings in a reasonably couple of minutes. i'm able to in hassle-free terms think of what a terrible thank you to circulate it would be.
2016-09-29 07:37:07 · answer #2 · answered by bradberry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
three days is the general rule but there have been cases where people went a week and dehydrated up to 25%
2006-08-15 10:36:55 · answer #3 · answered by Cynic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlikely.
2006-08-15 10:36:35 · answer #4 · answered by lynda_is 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends are they still allowed to eat? If so then yes depending on what they had to eat they might derive enough moisture content from the food to survive
2006-08-15 10:36:35 · answer #5 · answered by legalbambino 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, in certain conditions or if the person has an unusually low metabolism but not longer than one week.
2006-08-15 10:37:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could... I'm fairly certain.
2006-08-15 10:36:08 · answer #7 · answered by RED MIST! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋