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  2. Starvation - Wikipedia

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    Without any food, humans usually die in around 2 months. [9] There was a case when someone survived over a year (382 days) under medical supervision. [10] Lean people can usually survive with a loss of up to 18% of their body mass; obese people can tolerate more, possibly over 20%. Females may survive longer than males due to their higher body ...

  3. Numerous factors can cause kidney disease. Here are the ... - AOL

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    The human body has 78 organs and each one performs a variety of important functions. While it's possible to live without organs like the appendix, gallbladder, or spleen, several of our organs are ...

  4. Clinical death - Wikipedia

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    Bone, tendon, and skin can survive as long as 8 to 12 hours. [5] The brain, however, appears to accumulate ischemic injury faster than any other organ. Without special treatment after circulation is restarted, full recovery of the brain after more than 3 minutes of clinical death at normal body temperature is rare.

  5. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome - Wikipedia

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    At present, there is no drug or device that can reverse organ failure that has been judged by the health care team to be medically and/or surgically irreversible (organ function can recover, at least to a degree, in patients whose organs are very dysfunctional, where the patient has not died; [citation needed] and some organs, like the liver or ...

  6. How long can you survive without food? That depends on ... - AOL

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    How long someone can survive without food depends on various aspects, such as their age, weight genetics, health and hydration level. How long can you survive without food? That depends on many ...

  7. Protein toxicity - Wikipedia

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    Protein toxicity is the effect of the buildup of protein metabolic waste compounds, like urea, uric acid, ammonia, and creatinine.Protein toxicity has many causes, including urea cycle disorders, genetic mutations, excessive protein intake, and insufficient kidney function, such as chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury.

  8. Acute radiation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Without exotic treatment such as bone marrow transplant, death with this dose is common, [3] due generally more to infection than gastrointestinal dysfunction. Neurovascular. This syndrome typically occurs at absorbed doses greater than 30 grays (3,000 rad), though it may occur at doses as low as 10 grays (1,000 rad). [ 3 ]

  9. Organ dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    Organ failure is organ dysfunction to such a degree that normal homeostasis cannot be maintained without external clinical intervention or life support. It is not a diagnosis. It is not a diagnosis. It can be classified by the cause, but when the cause is not known, it can also be classified by whether the onset is chronic or acute .