Oldennans Disease
Oldennans Disease mostly occur in very advanced aged proteans and half-bloods. It is a form of disease mostly associated with Alchemy, yet one doesn't have to be an alchemist in order to afflicted by it.
First name of the dissease was Old Ones Disease, but turn into Oldennans with time. It is sometimes considered a ''natural end'' to the lives of ancients.
In spite of endless works, autopsies, observations exact nature of Oldennans remains a mystery. Many of its symptoms can be interchangebla and it might advance in an unexpected course. Some symptoms might not even manifest or even kill with minimal symptoms.
What is known about Oldennans is;
It beguns in spinal cord.
Transmitted by cerebral effects(Like mental, great calm like effects.)
Move in the body through bone marrow.
Have an external physical(No matter how vague) manifestation.
Can begun early in people who use alchemy more commonly.
Transmission & Vectors
It doesn't get infectious but sometimes occur because of high association with alchemy(like radiation) for long years. It can transfer via cerebral effects which affects mind.
Causes
Mostly advanced age and or years long association with alchemical. Depending on the patient it can be very hard to determine what caused it. Genetic components are active in many regards. Also it might be dormantly carried and in that case, it actually can be a usefull condition.
Symptoms
Disorientation, hallucinations, headache, changing of voice, delusions, violent body trembling, moodswings, various achings are common symptoms,.
Depending on the patient sudden osteoclasis, sudden changes in blood pressure, sudden urge to vomit, urinate and deficate, changes in sexual performance, limited clairvoyancy, weakend bones, sores...
Some more unexpected and unique symptoms may take place depending on ones gender, specie, ethnicity, lifestyle or their relations with alchemy.
Treatment
Can't be treated but managed. It took years to kill, so to manage they need around the clock aides. There are some very rare cases, which the patients recovered naturally, but what would help this process is still unknown.
Prognosis
It beguns with hallucinations. Patients start to reexperience their past memories. It is quite hard to distinguish at this stage. Delusions and mood swings follow. People with high experience or knowledge about this disease can diagnose at this point with examination.
After this point, violent body tremblings and bone aching begans. If one has some experience or knowledge about Oldennans disease, they could distinguish it at this point.
If not, the following voice changes and a different unique symptoms(most commonly weakened bones) occur, which makes it evident about ones dissease.
Following symptoms are depending on ones ongoing experiences... Alchemists mostly experience limited clairvoyancy and suddenly occuring sores in their body... A physically adept person mostly experience osteoclasis and changes in sexual performance.
Sequela
The late stage Oldennan patient is commonly a bedridden person with mishaped bones, rambling very hardly distinguishable words.
Affected Groups
Proteans and half-bloods. Mostly ancient ones older than 3000 years old.
Jindalchemists, ritualists, word alchemists, firedancers and void walkers are at a higher risk group then rest. Yet only 40% of the afflicted experiences serious symptoms. 60% survive the disease without being diagnosed or even realize.
It is more random when it comes to Protean breeds. Nomads experience it much more rarely than Proto-proteans.
Hosts & Carriers
Stream, mental links, great calm, psychic links and effects.
Prevention
Oldennans is an unknown disease. For many of the world, there is no exact method of prevention. There are some ritualists who can evade its occurance, but it doesn't exactly stop the dissease but carry it from one person to another.
There is a place where it might be prevented. Insalchemists of Yahnst Kingdom of Avgannah. Yet, their methods of prevention is considered insane by the rest of the world. Which is to infect the person with some type of vaccine; They perform a ritual or mostly a drink to a younger person who'd get afflicted with the dissease. It becomes dormant in their body and never afflict them as they reach advanced age. Yet only 40 percent survives this procedure, other 50 percent dies and the remaining 10 percent experiences it for a longer time, sometimes thousands of years.
Epidemiology
Most believes there is only a one way of transfer, which is via cerebral links like Great calm or stream.
The exact location Oldennas began is identified as the spinal cord. It moves to the brain and reaches other parts of the body via ones bone marrow.
History
The first cases happened to extremely old royal proteans. Siantha's and Insalchemists believes that it started to move from person to person via stream. Yet this resulted for most royals to gain natural resistance to the disease.
It is a secret assumption that Stellarch is involuntarily responsible for its occurance in post royal-protean world. Stellarch believed to be a survivor who developed immunity, yet it unwillingly transformed Oldennans to ones whom it was linked with.
Proteans, carried the dissease among themselves once they left the throne.
Cultural Reception
Some cultures(like Xean, Tiana, Yvina, Gracina) believe Oldennans disease to be a judgement of sort. If one lived a good life, be a good person, it gently takes them with good memories. If one lived a bad life, acted as an evil person, it torments them with horrible symptoms and memories.
Rest of the world found this ridiculous.
Type
Neurological
Origin
Natural
Cycle
Chronic, Acquired
Rarity
Uncommon
Affected Species
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