Post by Kit on May 22, 2010 14:45:40 GMT -5
Cloudlung is a respiratory disease rather like tuberculosis. It makes it hard to breath, causes fever, fatigue, body aches, and a weakened immune system. It is spread by the mucus of the throat, and by coughing and sneezing. Wearing a mask is usually enough to prevent infection. It has three stages.
Stage 1:
Characterized by coughing, sneezing, low grade fever, fatigue, and body aches. In short, a cold. It is theorized that some may recover from this stage if given proper care, but no one's really sure. Person/dragon/flit is contagious at this stage. Lasts about a week.
Stage 2:
Much more difficulty breathing. High fever, intense body aches and fatigue. Very vulnerable to secondary infection. Most people die during this stage. Still contagious, lasts 2 weeks to a month.
Stage 3:
Difficulty breathing, wheezing and coughing frequent. No fever, but extreme muscle weakness and fatigue. Immune system weak. Patient is no longer contagious, and with proper care, may live in this stage for many years, though not very happily.
Cloudlung can be caught by humans, dragons and firelizards, but only humans spread the disease. It has a more than 50% fatality rate, and cannot be cured once into the second stage. Some have suggested that the new colors of firelizard are immune to Cloudlung, but this has not been proven.
Stage 1:
Characterized by coughing, sneezing, low grade fever, fatigue, and body aches. In short, a cold. It is theorized that some may recover from this stage if given proper care, but no one's really sure. Person/dragon/flit is contagious at this stage. Lasts about a week.
Stage 2:
Much more difficulty breathing. High fever, intense body aches and fatigue. Very vulnerable to secondary infection. Most people die during this stage. Still contagious, lasts 2 weeks to a month.
Stage 3:
Difficulty breathing, wheezing and coughing frequent. No fever, but extreme muscle weakness and fatigue. Immune system weak. Patient is no longer contagious, and with proper care, may live in this stage for many years, though not very happily.
Cloudlung can be caught by humans, dragons and firelizards, but only humans spread the disease. It has a more than 50% fatality rate, and cannot be cured once into the second stage. Some have suggested that the new colors of firelizard are immune to Cloudlung, but this has not been proven.
