1 Include colds, flu, croup, laryngitis, chest colds (bronchitis) and most sore throats. 2  Are more contagious than bacterial infections. ( 3 If more than one person in the family has the same illness, odds are it is a viral infection.).4  Can make you just as sick as bacterial infections.iral Infections. 1  Include colds, flu, croup, laryngitis, chest colds (bronchitis) and most sore throats. 2  Are more contagious than bacterial infections. 3  Can make you just as sick as bacterial infections. 4  Usually get better in 4-5 days but it might take as long as three weeks to fully recover.
(Reuters) In general terms, the human body can go two to three days without water and, it is often said in survival guides, 30 to 40 days without food of any kind. (Many of these guides also discourage people from scavenging for wild plants or shrubs because of the adverse effects these can have.)
However, if a person is very sick, or in a vegetative state from a stroke or severe brain injury, that person can only survive approximately 10-14 days without food. How long can you live without water? The usual survival time without water is 3 days, but there have been occasional occurrences of people surviving 8-10 days without water. How long can you live without breathing? Usually a person can only survive 3 minutes without breathing, although there are women divers In Japan and other countries who dive for abalone or pearls who are able to survive for 5 minutes at a time, even diving to a depth of 100 feet, on a single breath, though this requires years of training.