starvation, light deprivation -- short-term effects
Scenario: a healthy, athletic man in his late 30s is imprisoned in a small, dark room for two weeks. He has plenty of water (from a leaky pipe in the room) but no food, and the room is chilly (around 60F).
Question: what will his physical condition be after two weeks? What kind of medical treatment will he need? I assume mild or moderate hypothermia will be a problem, as well as malnutrition, but I'm not sure about the degree. Googling things like "starvation," "hunger" or "malnutrition" got me a lot of really depressing info about starvation in Third-World countries, while "short-term starvation" pulls up a lot of very dense academic articles from medical journals. An explanation in plain English would be much appreciated.
Same thing for light deprivation -- there's lots of info out there about long-term vitamin D deficiency and such, but nothing to tell me what two weeks in the dark would do.
Question: what will his physical condition be after two weeks? What kind of medical treatment will he need? I assume mild or moderate hypothermia will be a problem, as well as malnutrition, but I'm not sure about the degree. Googling things like "starvation," "hunger" or "malnutrition" got me a lot of really depressing info about starvation in Third-World countries, while "short-term starvation" pulls up a lot of very dense academic articles from medical journals. An explanation in plain English would be much appreciated.
Same thing for light deprivation -- there's lots of info out there about long-term vitamin D deficiency and such, but nothing to tell me what two weeks in the dark would do.