Melphabia

I feel horrible for anyone that must be a subject to contact with such a terrible illness. And frankly, I mean both the sick and those around them. I cannot imagine how it is to live with someone that is already very elderly and just forgets from time to time who he is and how reality around him works. I just can't wrap my head around that fact! How do you respond to this, how do you behave when such an attack of the illness happens? It's no wonder those sick are most often isolated and just left there to themselves. It's an inhumane thing to do, yes, but I can see why people do it. memoirs of a nurse concerning Melphabia

Causes

The reason for the illness is the deterioration of the nerve system in the brain and a specific mutation of the neurons, caused by a specific bacteria, that makes it so that one's whole consciousness and memory can be temporarily "shut down".

Symptoms

The most characteristic symptom is the occurrence of attacks of severe amnesia, that render the sick almost incapable of functioning. Only the barest life functions are maintained such as breathing during these attacks, which can occur as much as 4 to 5 times a day.

Treatment

There is no available treatment as of now, though research is conducted on prevention drugs.

Cultural Reception

The illness is considered a taboo, with elderly people that were struck by the illness often left in isolation of their home and granted contact only with the close family.

Type

Neurological

It's as if the world around you and you yourself suddenly become like an alien. You lose all grasp of reality besides the basic functions of survival. person sick with melphabia describing the attacks