How many people can live without food on water alone?

The need for food is inherent in our body by nature itself, so for the normal functioning of the body, we need to constantly think about "our daily bread". But it is also known that you are unlikely to die after sitting on a diet for several days, and, in addition, in world history there are many facts indicating that people survived by starving for months. How many people can live without food on water alone?

Factors affecting the duration of the "hunger strike"

The duration of the fasting period, in which a person can live without food on the water, is directly influenced by many circumstances, and above all this is the general state of the body. According to the luminaries of science, a healthy person is able to survive without food for two months, about 60 days... But he needs to use water, because the body dies from dehydration much earlier - in about a week.

Factors affecting longevity during hunger:

• body weight;
• health;
• the amount of subcutaneous fat;
• endurance;
• willpower;
• environmental climate.

Interesting facts about the survival of people without water

In 1947, doctors from the city of Frunze rescued a man who was found unconscious in one of the abandoned houses of the city. When a 53-year-old local resident regained consciousness, he was surprised to learn: 20 days have passed since his disappearance. All this time, having lost consciousness, he lay in an abandoned house without food and water.

In 1985, after the earthquake in Mexico City, a 9-year-old child was able to hold out under the rubble for 13 days. When they found him, the boy was unconscious, but the very next day he could speak and move independently. During all this time, he ate only two sweets, which at the time of the earthquake accidentally ended up in his pocket.

In 2006, a Japanese pensioner went for a short hike in the mountains and got lost. The man had no water or food with him. Rescuers found him unconscious 24 days later. Later, the man said that he lay down to rest and fell asleep. He woke up several times, and then again fell into a state close to suspended animation, since his body temperature at the time of detection by rescuers was only 22 degrees.

Fat is good

It is clear that a person with excellent physical characteristics will last on one water for quite a long time, but for this there must be a certain supply of fat, because it is the very strategic reserve that the body saves for such situations. When needed, subcutaneous fat becomes an excellent source of nutrients and energy to help the body hold out for as long as possible. After the body has processed all this supply, it will begin to "digest" itself, and this leads to death.

They live in Chernobyl now, as before

Yes, life in Chernobyl continues. However, an excursion to this city of the exclusion zone will take you to the pages of the past.

Arriving at the checkpoint "Dityatki" tourists are looking forward to the start of excursions and adventures in the alienated land. From here to Chernobyl another 25 kilometers, and the radiation level does not exceed 30 microR / hour.

Now about 690 people live in the area of ​​the city of Chernobyl. In addition, about 3000 employees serve the enterprises of the exclusion zone and are constantly in the city.

Post Office in Chernobyl

Entering the vicinity of Chernobyl, a person does not see advertising billboards or posters, but despite this, his usual life flows here. There is also a city hospital, several shops, police, Ecocenter and a gym. What we have seen, undoubtedly, leads to the understanding that absolutely normal people live in Chernobyl, leading a full life.

At the same time, the half-devastated territory and the inexplicable calmness in Chernobyl make one think about how they live there today.

House of Culture in Chernobyl

What happens to the human body during a hunger strike

After food ceases to enter the human body, new processes take place in it. The body goes to "internal resources" and first of all breaks down all subcutaneous fat stores, using them as a source of energy and nutrients. After all the fat is consumed, the body begins to break down muscle tissue. This process is accompanied by a slowdown in metabolism and all other reactions, a person becomes lethargic and every movement is given to him with difficulty.

The consumption of "internal fuel" increases if the body is influenced by additional factors: a stressful situation, a cold climate or an infectious disease. The whole process of hunger strike is accompanied not only by "brutal appetite" but also by rather painful stomach cramps.

After the body uses adipose tissue and straightens out the muscles, a person loses the ability to work, then a coma sets in, the heart and liver decrease in size, the internal organs atrophy and do not cope with their "duties", which leads to the death of the person.

Where does human energy come from?

The body of any person is a complex energy system. It needs "fuel" to function. Its role is played by food and water, with the help of a wide variety of processes in the body, from metabolism to the work of the brain, are activated. But if food, broken down into fats, proteins and carbohydrates, tends to accumulate in the body and subsequently serve as a source of energy for quite a long time, then water is constantly circulating inside, excreted naturally and requires daily replenishment of resources.

A person experiences hunger and thirst at approximately the same interval of 3-4 hours, provided that he does not lead an active lifestyle and is in the usual temperature regime, which is individual for everyone. But how many people can live without food and water?

According to research, given a source of moisture as a means to dull hunger, the average person can stay in sober memory and sanity for about 8-10 days.

These figures are rather arbitrary, since the methods of treating hunger, for example, allow people not to eat for up to 15-30 days without serious dysfunctions of the body. But as for water, even with regular training of the body, its absence leads to serious disruptions. Problems begin after 100 hours of dehydration, although death occurs somewhat later. But it all depends on the conditions in which the person is. Answering the question how many days a person can live without water, scientists came to the conclusion that under normal temperature conditions this period is no more than 3-4 days.

Life expectancy in the absence of food

If we are talking about a healthy strong man weighing 70-75 kg, then on average he will be able to last about 20-25 days on one water... Surprisingly, women and old people are much more resilient in this regard and can last a little longer on the water.

According to statistics, first of all, young people between the ages of 15 and 17 die, after them children, then adult men, then the elderly and, last of all, the fair sex.

From a medical point of view, death from hunger occurs when weight loss reaches 35–40% of the initial value. But there are many exceptions in history. For example, there is a known case when a resident of one of the African countries was able to survive starving for 102 days. So how much a person can last in the absence of food depends on his personal physical abilities and characteristics, because someone will die in two weeks, and someone will last two months.

Before the Flood, people lived for 900 years, because they kept an eternal fast.

Let's look at the lineage of the first man on earth, Adam. In the Old Testament it is written in black and white: “all the days of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. "

Adam's son Seth lived for 912 years. Grandson Enos - 905. Great-grandson Cainan - 910. Great-great-grandson Malaleil - 895. Great-great-grandson Jared - 962. The next descendant of Enoch - 365. Methuselah - 969! The record holder-long-liver of the planet. No wonder there is an expression of the mafusailov century. Lamech - 777. Noah - 950.

By simple addition, division, we find out: the average life expectancy of the patriarchs of nine antediluvian generations was 912 years. (The tenth, Enoch, does not count, he was taken to heaven alive at the age of 365. But he managed to give birth to Methuselah himself!)

Each of these venerable fathers of families had more sons, daughters. But in the genealogy, only the firstborn in the line of Adam are mentioned. Presumably, the rest of the children lived for a long time.

It is strange that the Old Testament does not say how long the ancestor of humanity Eve and her heirs lived. Perhaps because it was created from the rib of Adam. Sorry feminists, but you can't get the words out of the Bible. The iron patriarchy ruled the ball before the flood, women knew their place ...

Methuselah - Record holder-long-liver of the planet

ALL LIE CALENDARS?

But why, why did the first people live for so long?

I remember that the country's leading gerontologist (specialist in aging), academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences on the "Direct Line" with the readers of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" answered a similar question succinctly and authoritatively: "Then in the Bible a month was considered a year!" I sat next to the academician, allowed to doubt. "Scientifically proven fact!" - said the Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation.

Yes, you can't argue against science.

The other day, having taken up this biblical detective story, I asked a burning question about the Mafusaille age to another respected gerontologist, geneticist, doctor of science. “The Bible was rewritten in different languages ​​in different centuries,” the scientist explained intelligibly. - There was a translation error. In the original, the "lunar month" was, and the ancient translator put the word "year". Then it went like that. And if you count, then life expectancy was around 80 years, which is real. "

It turns out that the legendary Methuselah actually lived only a little over 80 ?! The rest of the patriarchs - and even less. This is what omniscient science means!

Not otherwise, the demon beguiled the ancient translator. Vintsa gave him a strong one, or pushed him under the elbow inadvertently. Introduced, crafty, confusion in the sacred book. Oh, this Satan! First, under the guise of a snake, he seduced Eve to taste the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. For which the Lord was angry with Adam and his frivolous wife, drove them out of Eden. Thus, the first people and all their offspring, including you and me, lost eternal, endless life, violating the original plan of the Creator. And then the demon changed the month in the Bible for a year and the people in different countries have been puzzling over for more than one thousand years why people lived for nine centuries before the flood, and now only a few barely reach one.

You can safely close a journalistic investigation.

Oh, this Satan! First, under the guise of a snake, he seduced Eve to taste the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. For which the Lord was angry with Adam and his frivolous wife, drove them out of Eden

FIVE YEAR OLD FATHERS!

But there was one hitch. Judging by the Old Testament chronicle, Adam gave birth to Seth at the age of 130.If you believe our scientists-gerontologists, in fact, the first father of the planet was not eleven years old then. But before Seth, for a minute, he managed to give birth to as many as two sons. Lost them as adults. Remember the story of how Cain killed Abel, went into exile himself. It was only after this loss that Adam conceived Seth, by the way. To prolong the lineage. He gave Adam the grandson of Enos at the age of 105. Divide by 12. Well, is it that the young parent has not turned 9 years old? Gee! An even bigger mystery is the great-great-grandson of Adam Malleleil. He became the father of Jared at 65. If you follow the scientific version that the antediluvian year was equal to our month, he conceived the first-born when he himself was not five years old. Science itself is not funny? In the antediluvian 65, by the way, and Enoch gave birth to Methuselah himself.

So there is a discrepancy, comrades scientists, in your scientific formula - "year after month."

"FOR DEPRECATION, FOR DRUNKING, FOR DEAD!"

Then came the Universal Flood. Well, I suppose everyone has heard about him. The Lord was angry with people for their sins and decided to drown everyone.

A tricky question: for what specific sins? I don't think most people know.

When Adam's offspring began to multiply on earth, "the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful, and took them as their wives, whatever they chose." And the daughters of men began to give birth to the sons of God giants. Are not their giant skeletons still periodically found by archaeologists in different parts of the world? And who are the sons of God themselves? The Bible gives no answer. Some consider them Atlanteans, others - aliens from other planets, the same Nibiru. However, this is a topic for a separate biblical detective story, outside the scope of our today's investigation.

“And the Lord saw that the corruption of men on earth was great, and that all the thoughts and thoughts of their hearts were evil at all times…. And the Lord said: I will destroy from the face of the earth the men whom I have created, from men to cattle, and creeping things and birds of the air I will destroy ... "

He pardoned only the pious grandson of Methuselah, six hundred years old Noah with his wife, and his three sons and their spouses. He ordered Noah to build a huge ark, to take into it on the appointed day his large family and each creature a pair. For divorce after the flood.

According to the Bible, the ark sailed to a stop over Ararat for exactly 5 months

Now, citizens, attention!

“In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all the springs of the great abyss were opened, and the windows of heaven were opened. And it rained on the earth for forty days and forty nights ... Every creature that was on the surface of the earth was destroyed; from man to cattle and creeping things and birds of the air; only Noah remained and everything that was with him in the ark. And the water began to decrease at the end of one hundred and fifty days. And the ark stopped in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. "

Judging by the Bible, the ark sailed to a stop over Ararat for exactly 5 months - 150 days. So the month was 30 days. Like today.

What if there were only 7 months in the Old Testament year, the meticulous reader will ask a question? Then the Mafusail's age will be almost half as long, and with young 65-year-old fathers everything is tip-top!

Well, we read and calculate further.

“The water was constantly decreasing until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains appeared. After forty days (almost the middle of the eleventh! - Author) Noah opened the window of the ark he had made. " And he released a dove to find out if there was dry land. He returned without finding her. After hesitating for seven days, Noah released the bird again. In the evening, she flew in with an olive leaf in her beak. After waiting another seven days, the patriarch released the dove again, and it never returned. Apparently, he found a piece of sushi somewhere and stayed. And Noah continued to wait. Until the end of the twelfth month.And only "six hundred and one year, by the first day of the first month, the water on the earth dried up and Noah opened the lid of the ark." The earth was dry only by the twenty-seventh day of the second month. It was then that God ordered Noah to leave the ark together with his family, all the cattle, creeping things, and to disperse on the earth to be fruitful and multiply.

VERDICT - 120 YEARS OF LIFE

With the calendar, at the very least, figured out. It turns out that with the Old Testament chronology everything was as it is today. I deliberately do not call the academician and doctors of sciences I really respect, who misled me with the "scientific" formula - the biblical year is equal to the modern month. Obviously, they themselves have not read the Bible, although the topic of longevity, which it touches upon, is their life's work. They simply repeated the version widespread in scientific circles, cleverly refuting an inexplicable age for the scientists of the Mafusail. That is why I quoted the Bible in such detail, gave facts. You don't have to believe me. And don't believe it, it's better to check it yourself. Today is not Soviet atheistic times, anyone interested can easily find and read the Bible.

There is also a version that the then 10 years passed in one year of the current one. But how does she explain that Malleleil and Enoch gave birth to their firstborn at 6.5 years old?

Noah himself, having descended from the ark with his family and cattle, no longer experienced the joy of fatherhood. Although he lived another 350 years after the universal cataclysm

And then the detective begins.

Even before the flood, angry at people who sinned with the sons of God, the Lord said: “My Spirit is not forever to be neglected by men; because they are flesh; let their days be one hundred and twenty years. " This is where, dear readers, all the talk of scientists that a person should live 120 years. From the Bible. (If we take the "scientific formulas of the biblical chronology", then it turns out that God gave us 10-12 years. Nonsense !!!)

And now let's take a close look at how the Lord's strict sentence to sinful mankind was fulfilled to reduce life from 969 Mafusailo years to 120.

The execution did not take place instantly, by the method of the Divine Miracle, as one might think: if someone hit 120 - immediately give your soul to God! And gradually. Evolutionary. After the flood.

Noah himself, having descended from the ark with his family and cattle, no longer experienced the joy of fatherhood. Although he lived another 350 years after the universal cataclysm. And he rested in Bose in 950. The earth was inhabited by numerous offspring of his sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. But in the Old Testament, according to tradition, the genealogy of only the firstborn of Noah is described in detail.

Shem himself, born before the Flood, lived 600 years, his son Arfaksad, who was born two years after the universal flood - 438, the grandson of Sal - 433, the great-grandson Eber - 464, the great-great-grandson Peleg - 239, Ragav - 239, Serukh - 230, Nahor - 148, Terah - 205. The son of Terah - the legendary "father of many tribes" Abraham - 175, his wife Sarah - 127. The son of Abraham Isaac - 180, the grandson of Jacob - 147, the great grandson Joseph - only 110. The very wise Joseph, who predicted to the Egyptian Pharaoh seven fat years and seven hungry. After his death, his body was embalmed and placed in an ark in Egypt.

And soon the prophet Moses will lead all the Jews out of Egyptian captivity to the Promised Land. Moses himself lived exactly 120 years, designated by the Lord. But here is his curious psalm:

“The days of our years are seventy years,

and with a greater strength - eighty years;

and their best time is labor and illness,

for they pass quickly, and we fly. "

It was said even before the birth of Christ, but as if about us, the unfortunate 21st century.

Judging by the genealogy of Shem, it took a change of only a dozen generations of the descendants of the 950-year-old patriarch Noah in order for life expectancy to sharply and steadily decrease. Frozen at our current level. What's wrong? A universal flood? But the water is gone, the earth has dried up. And people did not stop sinning after the Flood. The burning of Sodom and Gomorrah for homosexuality happened under Abraham.

There are speculative pseudo-scientific hypotheses that before the Flood there was a huge steam-water dome over the earth's atmosphere.12 meters thick! He, they say, like a screen, reliably protected the planet and the first people from harmful cosmic rays, ultraviolet radiation, absorbing more than 70% of the radioactive background. At the same time, it created a greenhouse effect, plus additional atmospheric pressure. There was 50 percent more oxygen on the ground. People lived as if in a giant greenhouse, combined with a healing hyperbaric chamber. All year round, supposedly, everything was blooming, fragrant. I breathed easily. Therefore, a person could run tirelessly for hundreds of kilometers. No, they say, you have illnesses. And if any ailment happened, people quickly recovered. The food around is natural, enriched with all vitamins and other additives.

And soon the prophet Moses will lead all the Jews out of Egyptian captivity to the Promised Land. Moses himself lived exactly 120 years, designated by the Lord

During the flood, the heavens opened up, the entire layer of water poured onto the earth, flooded it. The protective screen disappeared, no salvation for the descendants of Noah from the evil cosmic radiation, ultraviolet radiation, all kinds of gamma-beta rays. Come mutations, degenerative changes, diseases, epidemics. And then the climate has changed, the earth's axis has shifted, the cold has appeared regular ... That is why, they say, human life has become difficult, short.

But, I repeat, these are all amateur hypotheses not confirmed by the Bible.

Eat pineapples, chew herb!

But this is what is indicated in the Bible itself in plain text! After creating a man and a woman in the first week, God said: "Behold, I have given you every herb that sows seed that is on all the earth, and every tree that has tree fruit that sows seed: this will be food for you."

It turns out that the Creator created the first people as vegetarians. Clean. The so-called vegans. No eggs, caviar, milk, cheese and other gastronomic tricks with livestock and poultry products, as many modern vegetarians do. Only fruits, vegetables, cereals. From birth to death. No "fasting days". Eternal Fast!

Moreover, the Creator also made animals herbivores. “And to all the beasts of the earth,” and to all the birds of the air, and to everyone that creeps on the earth, in which there is a living soul, I have given all herbal herbs for food. And it became so. "

Imagine an idyll: lions, tigers, cows, wolves, hares, people are quietly walking together. Nobody eats anyone! And everyone lives for centuries.

But people did not appreciate such grace. They softened up, indulged in debauchery and other lewdness. And outraged by this black ingratitude, the Lord decided to drown the sinners. And future generations will reduce their lives to 120 years. So that they do not spoil much. And therefore to Noah coming out of the ark with his family he gave a different covenant than to his distant ancestor Adam. “Let all the beasts of the earth fear and tremble at you, and all the birds of the air, all that moves on the earth, and all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. All that moves that lives will be food for you; as green herbs I give you everything. " Later, through Moses, the Lord gave people a large list of clean and unclean animals, fish, birds and reptiles, specifying who can be eaten and who is not.

As you can see, only the food has changed dramatically after the flood. A person was allowed to get off veganism, to eat meat, milk, eggs and other animal food, which, according to science, gives strength, fats and proteins necessary for the body. Only one and a half dozen generations of direct descendants of the antediluvian patriarch, 950-year-old Noah, have changed, as on animal food, life expectancy has sharply and inexorably reduced. Up to 120 years awarded by the Creator. And this is an exceptional case. Our usual destiny is still 70-80 years. What else in ancient times did Moses grieve in his famous psalm?

Presumably, it was meat-eating that became the Creator's humane instrument for the execution of his non-appealable sentence on the drastic reduction of the life of sinful people.

And in memory of the golden ages of vegetarianism in Christianity, I believe, fasts have been preserved. On March 14, the strictest of them begins - the Great.It will run until May 1.

Surely ask why vegetarians today do not live much longer than meat eaters. Honestly, I don’t know. Although medicine does find small benefits of plant nutrition over animals. Perhaps because there are no generations of pure vegans who have eaten this way for several centuries without a single violation. Then it would be possible to see the results, compare statistics, genealogies, as in the Bible before and after the Flood. This is the business of scientists. There are many of them nowadays among vegetarians. Let them figure it out. My job as a journalist is to solve a biblical detective story about centenarians.

DIFFERENT OPINION

NOT MEAT, BUT SINS REDUCE OUR LIFE

Sergey ZUBOV, teacher of the Moscow Theological Academy:

Indeed, originally human food was vegetable: And God said: behold, I have given you every herb that sows seed, which is on all the earth, and every tree that has a tree fruit that sows seed; - [this] will be food for you (Genesis 1:29).

The animals also did not eat meat.

Initially, man was potentially immortal, that is, immortality was given to him by God, his reason was in God. Man's task was, being like God in caring for the creation, in obedience to God, to ascend from strength to strength and achieve likeness to Him. Since God is the source of life, then man, becoming more and more like God, would reveal divine properties in himself - this process is endless, because God Himself is infinite.

The whole problem is not in "diet", but in violation of God's commandment. The fall took place and the road to immortality was closed for man. After the fall, a person cannot but sin. Accordingly, if he is given eternal life, then this means an opportunity for infinite perfection in sins.

Therefore, God drives man out of Paradise: And the Lord God said: Behold, Adam has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, no matter how he stretched out his hand, and took also from the tree of life, and did not taste, and did not begin to live forever (Gen. 3:22). - God limits the human age so that man cannot sin forever.

Note that not after the flood God shortens the duration of life, but before that: And the Lord said: It is not forever for my Spirit to be neglected by men; because they are flesh; let their days be one hundred and twenty years (Genesis 6: 3).

And permission to eat meat is given after the flood, rather, to strengthen a person, because, probably, the world and conditions of existence have changed.

Thus, according to Orthodox theology, the duration of a person's earthly life was reduced not because of the consumption of meat, but because of the commission of sins:

1.the fall of Adam and Eve in Paradise - a person becomes mortal;

2. sins of antediluvian humanity - the human age is shortening.

In both cases, the reduction is due to a decrease in the time of confirmation of committing sins.

If we carefully read the book of Genesis, then we will see this very context, but not "vegetarianism" as a panacea for immortality.

In the book of the Wisdom of Solomon we read:

Do not hasten death by the errors of your life, and do not attract destruction to you by the works of your hands (Wis. 1:12).

Righteousness is immortal, but unrighteousness causes death: the wicked attracted her with both hands and words, considered her a friend and wore out, and entered into an alliance with her, for they are worthy to be her lot (Wis. 1: 15-16).

The Bible says about the influence on life expectancy: Honor your father and your mother, so that your days on earth may be prolonged (Ex. 20, 12). At the very beginning, man did not honor the Father. And as a result, man became mortal.

It turns out that the Creator created the first people as vegetarians. Clean. The so-called vegans

FIVE OLDEST RESIDENTS OF THE EARTH

All - women, age was documented.

1. Jeanne KALMAN, France. 122 years, 164 days. (1875-1997)

2. Sarah KNAUSS, USA. 119 years, 97 days. (1880-1999)

3. Lucy HANNA, USA.117 years, 248 days (1875-1993)

4. Maria Louise MAILER, Canada. 117 years, 230 days (1880-1998)

5. Misao OKAWA, Japan. 117 years, 27 days (1898 - 2020)

BTW

BELIEVE - DO NOT BELIEVE?

The Flood is featured not only in the Christian Bible. Legends about him have survived in the myths and religious texts of many peoples of Australia, North and South America, India, Europe, Papua New Guinea, Japan, China, the Middle East ... British anthropologist, historian of religions J.J. Fraser collected around the world about a hundred such versions ... Legends about the first ancient centenarians - gods, kings - were also widespread among different peoples. Let us recall at least our Kashchei the Immortal.

Scientists-atheists often call the Bible a collection of myths, legends about the origin of the Earth, man, which have nothing to do with science. But, let's agree, the deeply scientific theory of the Big Bang about the origin of the Universe is also just a hypothesis, albeit the most common one so far. She has many critics in the scientific community. And alternative versions. The main thing is that there is still no answer, but what happened before the explosion? After all, an empty space does not explode. There are also critics of the scientific theory about the origin of man from ape. What is the origin! Modern scientists-gerontologists, biologists still cannot clearly explain why a person is aging. There are dozens of deeply scientific, clever theories on this score, sometimes mutually exclusive. Some academics believe that a person, like a combat rocket, is programmed to self-destruct, others blame free radicals that cause "rust" in the body, and still others - "slags" that clog the body ...

So everyone has the right to believe what he wants.

How is a hunger strike going without water?

As you know, more than half we are made of water. It helps our body digest food, carries nutrients, flushes out waste and protects our internal organs.

This is interesting: Stop list: what leads to energy depletion in women and how to avoid it

If the body does not get enough fluid, dehydration occurs.

A person experiences a terrible thirst, the kidneys are the first to be hit. Not having enough fluid to drain urine causes a burning sensation in the bladder.

The skin becomes dry and cracked. Hallucinations, convulsions gradually begin, heart failure develops.

All the symptoms of dehydration can be enumerated indefinitely, since all systems in the body gradually fail.

Lack of fluid instantly affects the skin and the functioning of internal organs

Doctors note that, on average, a person dies after three days of dry hunger strike.

Depending on climatic conditions, humidity, temperature, weight, age and general health, this figure can increase up to 8 days.

One prisoner accidentally forgotten in prison somehow magically lived without water for two weeks.

Can bedbugs be killed by hunger?

Left without food, the bugs fall into suspended animation and continue to live in this state for several months. Of course, leaving the apartment for a long time, you will significantly reduce the population of insects, because their ability to reproduce will drop to zero due to lack of energy. However, once in an empty apartment, bedbugs are able to enter the next room and, having discovered a new food source, stay there.

The hunger measure can be used as an additional measure, for example, by hiding contaminated bedding, blankets and mattresses in airtight covers. You should not open the cover earlier than six months later.

IMPORTANT! Regular use of the same bed bug control chemicals builds insect resistance to poisonous substances. To prevent this from happening, change the insecticide used each time.

Reasons for illegal migration

There are several reasons explaining the occupancy of the unassigned lands:

• Consequences of a severe structural crisis in the economy. The result was a significant decline in income. In this regard, the benefits provided by the state for victims of the nuclear power plant disaster can be of great importance for non-working pensioners;
• The danger factor for his life and health has ceased to play an overwhelming role in life. People have become accustomed to the fact that they have already received "their" dose and it is almost impossible to do more harm to their health;
• Emotional reasons - personal attachment to the places where childhood and adolescence passed, love for the father's house;
• State bodies are practically devoid of mechanisms to influence in any way overly stubborn citizens who ignore laws and a sense of self-preservation.

Tragedy in numbers

Some impartial data will help assess the scale of the horror that the inhabitants of the region had to face after the accident.

• At the time of the accident in Pripyat, according to experts, there were almost 50 thousand people. In the coming days, 47 thousand were evacuated.
• 38 hours - so many residents of Chernobyl, Pripyat and other settlements were under the direct influence of radiation. The country's leadership was not immediately able to assess the real scale of the disaster, they tried to silence the tragedy.
• A dose of 10 roentgens cannot but have negative health effects. 150 roentgens is enough to start radiation sickness. A dose of 400 roentgens is lethal. What happened immediately after the explosion? On collapses near the reactor, the indicator reached 10,000 roentgens, and around the fourth power unit, instruments recorded from 50 to 150 roentgens per hour. The background in the Zone is unstable today. There are areas where the sensors appear in the squeak. But there are also places where the radioactive background is much more favorable than in many large megacities of Ukraine, Eurasia, and the whole world as a whole.
• From 4 to 15 thousand lives were claimed by the Chernobyl disaster. It is not possible to calculate the exact amount. Another 70,000 people became disabled.

Volunteers, journalists, public organizations

In search of an answer to the question of whether people now live in Chernobyl, you can look at the sites of ... animal rights activists. Several Ukrainian organizations regularly vaccinate and sterilize stray animals: feral cats and dogs. Recently, volunteers from the United States have also turned their attention to Chernobyl. They regularly visit the Zone, bringing with them not only veterinary medicines, but also treats for animals. By the way, this question is very relevant. Huddled in flocks, stray dogs can pose a danger to everyone who lives in Chernobyl and surrounding villages. Sterilization helps to reduce the aggressiveness of flocks, regulate the number of feral animals, and prevent the spread of diseases.

The zone attracts the interest of the masses, which means that there are always things to do for reporters from various publications. Of course, journalists do not move to Chernobyl for permanent residence, but business trips are not uncommon here.

There are many researchers from various fields of science in these parts. Scientists are monitoring the situation in the region, examining samples of soil, precipitation, water from reservoirs, trying to track the dynamics of radioactivity. Observations of wild animals and birds are carried out.

Why do you need sleep?

Why the craving for sleep is so strong, scientists do not know. "The exact role of sleep remains to be seen," Hanlon notes. But, according to her, sleep somehow "nullifies" the systems of our body. Plus, research has shown that getting enough sleep on a regular basis can help heal wounds, support your immune system, your metabolism, and so on - which may be why we feel great when we get enough sleep.

On the other hand, lack of sleep has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, depression, and other ailments.To avoid them, the body gives us unpleasant signals during sleepless nights: we do not have enough strength, we feel tired, and heavy eyelids themselves sink into red eyes. As we continue to struggle with sleep, our concentration drops and our short-term memory works worse.

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Insomnia makes us feel completely overwhelmed ... even coffee doesn't help

If you ignore these signals, staying awake all day, then eventually the mind gives up. Sudden mood swings, paranoia appear, a person sees non-existent objects. Truck drivers call this condition "seeing a black dog." Their professional wisdom says: if an obsessive black dog appears on the road, you urgently need to stop and rest.

"People start to hallucinate and go a little crazy," says Atul Malhotra, director of Sleep Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.

The negative effects of insomnia on the body have been noted in many studies. The level of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol rises in the blood, and as a result, blood pressure rises. At the same time, the heart rhythm is disturbed and interruptions in the functioning of the immune system begin, says Malhotra. As a result, people who do not get enough sleep become nervous and get sick more often.

But problems brought on by a bout of sleeplessness or a string of partying usually disappear after a good night's sleep. “If there is harm, it’s reversible,” says Jerome Siegel, professor at the Center for Sleep Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dangerous consequences

If a person does not sleep for the fifth day, he begins to go crazy. At the same time, the patient is able to faint at any time, but is no longer able to fall asleep on his own. Irreversible harm is inflicted on the individual, deformations concern not only the cortex, but also the subcortex of the brain, the nervous system collapses. Increasing suspicion takes on the features of phobias, panic attacks become more frequent, hallucinations become palpable. A little later, health is disturbed to an extreme degree - the person loses touch with reality.

Behavioral reactions are transformed in any direction, it is impossible to predict the consistency of actions. If you do not sleep for 160 hours, the damage to your health is already irreversible. Hormonal destruction affects all organs of life. A decrease in the natural immune response opens the gate to all viruses, the patient has enough of the slightest infection for the dynamic progress of pathologies.

The condition of the patient who has not slept for 5 days in a row, the physician is compared with the condition of the drug addict after taking a dose. Inhibition of consciousness, violation of the border between reality and fiction, relaxation of sphincters, dulling of the pain threshold - this is a small list of destructive changes.

If you do not sleep further, then such a patient will not live long. The rehabilitation period may be prolonged, and some pathological changes in the body will be irreversible. The extremes include: the death of the cellular structure of the brain, metabolic failures, liver and kidney diseases, heart and vascular problems.

Danger of fleas to humans

Fleas contribute to the occurrence of problems: they multiply quickly, bite painfully, inflammation of the affected area, swelling is possible. Also, parasites are carriers of various infections, which are transmitted with saliva into the bloodstream.

So, consider the following types of problems:

• suppuration in the affected areas, edema, redness;
• allergies, ulcers. This is a reaction to toxic compounds in saliva;
• bites in the eye area are dangerous with decreased vision, swelling;
• increased body temperature;
• damage to the lymph nodes.

People who prefer to vacation abroad should be aware of the existence of sand fleas. They can penetrate into the layers of the skin and live there. So you need to take precautions.

Resettlement history

The obligatory organized resettlement of residents of Pripyat, Chernobyl and numerous villages in the radiation affected zone took place in several stages. First, people were evacuated from the settlements closest to the accident site, then the rest, as far from the source of the release as possible.

The first empty city was Pripyat itself (April 27). Further, people were taken out from nearby villages (10-km zone from the source of the emission). Then the area was empty at a distance of 10-30 kilometers. The last were the most distant villages: residents were taken out until June.

From that moment, according to the law, not a single civilian should be in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Only the staff working there had a residence permit. However, the locals decided everything in their own way. So what does Pripyat conceal in itself? Do people live there now?

How long did a person manage to live without sleep?

Valentina

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McSim Mikhailyuk

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how many people can live without sleep

Yana Emakova

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Victoria Shumakova

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A small historical and geographical reference

Not everyone scrupulously examined the map trying to find on it the location of the infamous power unit, as well as such settlements as Pripyat and Chernobyl.

Asking the question of whether people now live in Chernobyl, many mean not only the city itself, but the entire Zone. To better understand what is at stake, take a look at the map.

Chernobyl is a very ancient city. The first mentions of it date back to the XII century. But its name became known to the whole world only at the end of the twentieth century, in connection with an accident.

It should be remembered that the explosion did not occur in Chernobyl itself. The fact is that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was built 20 km from the city. Around it, first a small construction workers' settlement was formed, and then a town in which workers lived. The settlement received its name in honor of the nearby Pripyat River.

But why is the tragedy called Chernobyl? And the nuclear power plant itself, as we already know, had the same name? It was decided to name the large-scale project, consisting of four power units (in which 2 more were supposed to appear over time) in honor of the nearest large settlement. The Soviet elite thought it undignified to give the name of the most advanced station of the republic in honor of the village of Kopachi. Well, the city of Pripyat itself did not exist yet. That is why the choice fell on Chernobyl, which was not only a historical landmark, but also a regional center.

So, let us remember the first fact concerning the issue of the inhabitants of those places: Chernobyl itself was built many centuries ago, and Pripyat did not exist before the construction of the nuclear power plant, therefore, there was no population. The first settlers were builders and then workers.

Evacuation of Pripyat residents: how it was

For 38 hours, residents of Pripyat did not know that there was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The day began as usual. The children went to school, the younger ones played in the yard. Those who had a job went to work. The unemployed and housewives stayed at home. They worked in the garden, went to the markets for food before the May holidays, and lived an ordinary life. But soon panic began. A rumor leaked that the 4th power unit at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded and radioactive radiation emanated from there.

After that, some took the children and things in an armful, got into their cars and left the city. Others ran to high places to watch the fire, while others remained awaiting news. But closer to lunchtime, when everyone heard the announcement, which thundered throughout the city, real chaos began.

The bulk of the people gathered everything they needed and waited for an evacuation bus that would take them to a safe place. Residents of the outskirts of the city waited for the bus for more than an hour on the street, being exposed to even more radiation. Fortunately, the structure of the streets was such that the bus could drive up to every house, and people did not have to drag across the city with things and children on their shoulders.

Many residents of the city were so shocked that they refused to evacuate. Police officers had to take them out by force.

How many people at most can survive (practically) without sleep?

Sanya Shturman

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Reader

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Roman Kuznetsov

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Of gold and silver

Do not give sleep.the sentence: the patient's days are those who sleep a tragic incident that really happened in the evening of his third age.there was a bed - to Tony Wright, who. The maximum time is still ahead, although sometimes they slip through. But no less in China. Because of the day, usually hallucinations Carefully studied, it turned out to be unnecessary.I was able to stay awake continuously without sleep. I’ll go now to cook sensational messages about it was very effective

Who are the self-settlers?

The letter of the law prohibits settling in the territories directly adjacent to the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant. However, some of those forcibly evacuated returned to their homes.

According to official data, already in 1986, just over a thousand people decided to come to their homes. After 20 years, their number has decreased by three times.

Residents of the Exclusion Zone have earned the name "samosely". They chose the following settlements as their place of residence:

• Zalesie;
• Ladyzhichi;
• Ilyintsy;
• Teremtsy;
• Chernobyl;
• Opachichi and others.

These are mainly people of retirement age (on average, about 65 years). At their own peril and risk, they grow fruits and vegetables on their private farms for personal consumption. Hunting, mushroom picking, and fishing are also often practiced.

The Ukrainian authorities turn a blind eye to what is happening and do not attempt to re-evacuate. Sometimes self-settlers receive help from scientists and physicians who are temporarily here.

Prophylaxis

In order to prevent the appearance of insects in the house, you need to follow several of the recommendations below:

• when going into the forest, wear closed clothes;
• avoid places with unsanitary conditions;
• regularly bathe pets with specialized shampoos, gels, wear flea collars;
• wash the floors with a chlorinated compound several times a month;
• 2 times a year to carry out complete processing of the home;
• do not throw out the citrus peel, but spread it on the windowsills and corners (remove after 3-4 days);
• vacuum every 2-3 days;
• if possible, contact with stray cats and dogs should be avoided.

If fleas appear in the apartment, you need to use chemicals with a quick effect. They multiply very quickly, so there is no time to waste, especially if there are small children in the house. In advanced cases, only professional pest controllers can correct the problem. This treatment will take them no more than 3 hours, and the effect can last from 6-12 months. Everyone is killed by insecticides: adults, pupae, larvae, eggs.

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Is it possible to speed up the replacement of the passport

There will always be people who need everything at once. They will certainly have such a question. The government did not provide for such opportunities. But here are some guidelines to help you get your document back in no time:

• collect the necessary documents in one day, it is easy to implement;
• not to use secondary organizations (some kind of passport service) that promise to speed up the process, the state will not do it in less than two weeks (10 working days), and the submission through third parties will not differ in any way from an independent one (except for a large amount of money spent);
• fill out an application only at the place of registration;
• while communicating with the receiving person, the citizen needs to be as polite as possible, concisely explain the circumstances of changing the passport, politely ask to do it as quickly as possible.