Danyodi

Danyodi is genetic condition that causes frequent headaches, sporadic aphasia, and seizures. Though the condition is found throughout Nideon, it is particularly common in Antarand.

Symptoms

The most notable and well-known symptom of Danyodi are seizures, though the type of seizures vary from person to person. Many people also experience temporary periods of aphasia, usually following a seizure, as well as frequent headaches. The condition also seems to make people more susceptible to other diseases.

Antaran Research

Almost all of the research done on Danyodi has been done in Antarand, likely because a significantly higher percentage of the Antaran population has Danyodi than the populations of other countries. Research has been conducted at both major universities in the country, with immense help from the Xurugwi population, who are known to donate their bodies for the purpose of scientific study after death. This research has led Antaran scientists to find better identification methods for the condition, though as of yet, no one has determined why it is more common in this country than others, nor why it remains less common among First Islander population.

Danyodyi Types

Antaran researchers studying Danyodi have classified the condition into five categories based on the type of seizures. These are labeled as Types I-V.

• Type V Danyodi causes frequent absence seizures, in which a person loses consciousness for a short period of time.
• Type IV Danyodi causes infrequent absence seizures
• Type III Danyodi causes infrequent focal seizures, in which a person does not lose consciousness, but does experience uncontrollable movements of parts of their body
• Type II Danyodi causes a specific type of focal seizure which causes uncontrollable crying
• Type I Danyodi causes very infrequent seizures, which primarily occur during sleep.

Furthermore, researchers have discovered that while the condition is passed down genetically, over the course of several generations, it tends to "deteriorate" from a higher type to a lower type, with Type V deteriorating to Type IV, Type IV deteriorating to Type III, and Type III deteriorating into either Type II or Type I. Both Type II and Type I will completely deteriorate, leaving future generations free from the condition. As yet, there is no explanation of this progression of the disease.

Treatment

Type

Genetic

Origin

Natural

Cycle

Chronic, Congenital

Rarity

Uncommon

by Vinicius "Amnx" Amano

Due to the condition's prevalence in Antarand, Antarans have been seeking and developing treatments for centuries. Usually, this was limited to a relative understanding and lack of the fear of the condition, also marking Antarand as unique in regards to the condition. Most Antaran children know multiple people who suffer from the condition and are taught a basic knowledge of the condition, how to recognize it, and how to help people who may be suffering from seizures. The prevalence of the condition has also led Antarans to be quite vigilant about self-quarantining and taking other measures to present the spread of other illnesses when they are sick. Headaches can usually be managed by standard medications, and aphasia has sometimes been treated by visits to the Unity Bathhouse, especially among those who suffer from Type V Danyodi, for whom aphasia can be frequent. In the last decade, however, a seizure medicine has been developed by Antaran scientists, and the majority of Danyodi patients find that by taking this medication regularly, they can greatly reduce the frequency of seizures, as well as reduce the frequency of other symptoms.

Reception

Though Danyodi is common enough in Antarand that Antarans have accepted it as a part of everyday life, including laws, policies, and general education directed at assisting those who suffer from the condition, it is considerably less normalized in other countries. Due to the lack of understanding in other areas, those with Type IV and Type V Danyodi often go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed as having mental retardation. People with Type II Danyodi are often socially shunned due to their uncontrollable crying, and people with Type III Danyodi are shunned even more so, sometimes to the point of others fearing its contagion. Because the condition is genetic, this often leaves whole families treated as crazy. The Florarovan government in particular has used the presence of Danyodi in anti-Antaran propaganda, claiming that only a truly backward society would allow so many people to bear this condition, and sometimes even claiming that the Antaran nobility brought this about on the Anataran people on purpose. This is especially effective because the condition is not present in the royal line.