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Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain, and stiffness in the neck and back. Characters who have their Strength score reduced to zero by polio become paralyzed. Once the disease reaches this stage, the damage becomes permanent. Characters must receive both remove disease and cure paralysis if they hope to ever walk again. 40% of all people who recover from polio will still develop Post Polio Syndrome when they age. This condition causes the character to suffer double the normal Strength penalty for aging.

A character infected with kuru suffers through three progressively debilitating stages. The first stage is marked by loss of muscle 40 Nature’s Wrath control, especially in the lower extremities. Characters suffer from tremors and clumsiness. They begin to have difficulty walking and frequently fall down. The second stage begins 2-8 months after the first stage and is characterized by spasms, partial paralysis, depression and mood change. The infected character often bursts into laughter for no reason.

Whooping Cough: This disease is characterized by respiratory congestion and fevers accompanied by prolonged bouts of coughing, which are very severe at night. A final deep-throated cough or “whoop” usually follows a bout of coughing. The disease is transmitted through person-to-person contact. Yellow Fever: Yellow fever is spread through mosquito bites in tropical regions. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle pain, slow pulse, bleeding gums, jaundice, and vomiting. Anyone who survives an infection of yellow fever becomes immune to future infections.

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