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==Contagion== | ==Contagion== | ||
;Virulence: | ;Virulence: Highly contagious | ||
;Vector(s):Close proximity to an infected individual is the only known means of contagion. | ;Vector(s):Close proximity to an infected individual is the only known means of contagion. | ||
;Prevention: | ;Prevention:Avoidance and isolation of infected individuals | ||
==Course== | ==Course== | ||
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==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
;Curability: | ;Curability:Unlikely. | ||
;General: | ;General:Covering affected body parts with cloth wraps. | ||
;Medicinal: | ;Medicinal:Antibiotic washes may help reduce contagion rates, and alleviate some of the itching and slow consequential scabbing. | ||
;Surgical: Known treatments include flaying the affected tissues and cauterizing the area with fire, coals, or heated irons. | ;Surgical: Known treatments include flaying the affected tissues and cauterizing the area with fire, coals, or heated irons. | ||
==Stories== | ==Stories== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:32, 4 December 2022
Description
- A plague which descended upon the region which became Kythus during the Pëlöryk Wars. The Grey Death is characterized by the stony textured grey scabbing which proliferates on those infected. Scabbing does not manifest until approximately 3-5 days after exposure, during which time the new victim is also contagious. Grey death is highly contagious so the quarantine of afflicted individuals is a typical response. Late stage, or survivors of this disease are often still treated as a threat long after they cease to be contagious.
Contagion
- Virulence
- Highly contagious
- Vector(s)
- Close proximity to an infected individual is the only known means of contagion.
- Prevention
- Avoidance and isolation of infected individuals
Course
- Incubation
- 3-5 days
- Contagious
- First day after infection onward.
- Symptoms
- A scabbing plaque that develops upon a persons skin slowly calcifying their entire epidermis.
Treatment
- Curability
- Unlikely.
- General
- Covering affected body parts with cloth wraps.
- Medicinal
- Antibiotic washes may help reduce contagion rates, and alleviate some of the itching and slow consequential scabbing.
- Surgical
- Known treatments include flaying the affected tissues and cauterizing the area with fire, coals, or heated irons.
