MEDICAL CONDITIONS
Altarian Encephalitis
A retrovirus that incorporated its DNA directly into the cells of its host. The virus can lie dormant for years, but activate without warning. Victims would be pyrexic and comatose and would suffer from widespread synaptic degradation. Long-term memory, usually from the moment of the infection, would be destroyed.
Anaprolean Fever
Anaprolean fever is a Xindi disease. Degra's wife caught Anaprolean fever while pregnant with their third child, Trenia. The child died three months into the pregnancy.
Anchilles Fever
In 2154, a sample of this disease's pathogen was stored at Cold Station 12 for study.
In 2364, the planet STYRIS IV suffered from a vicious outbreak of the disease. The only nearby source for the vaccine was LIGON II, which, after a brief negotiation, gave supplies needed to cure the outbreak.Anchilles fever is a highly contagious and virulent disease, capable of causing deaths numbering in the millions. The vaccine for the disease is extremely rare, and not able to be readily synthesized.
Andronesian Encephalitis
In 2154, a sample of this disease's pathogen was stored at Cold Station 12.
The disease was easily treated and regarded as a minor condition by 2365.Andronesian encephalitis is an unpleasant, but not life-threatening, disease transmitted by airborne particles that is common in Federation space due to the transmission of the particles via space travel.
Ankaran Flu
Ankaran flu is a highly contagious disease that requires treatment at a medical facility, such as a sickbay.
Aphasia
Different forms of aphasia exist, but the one best known by Starfleet medical is the type that caused an inability of the brain to process audio and visual stimuli, making the victims incapable of understanding other or expressing themselves coherently.Dysfunction of certain brain centers affecting the ability to communicate in a coherent manner.
Arethian Flu
Arethian flu is a midly contegious illness that, in addition to bring on the standard flu symtoms, also causes large swells to develop on the neck of an infected patient. Appearing worse than it is, this condition is easily treated with starndard antibiotics.
Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome
Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome is an artificial disease, accidentally created in 2370. This was caused through an attempt to cure a single case of Urodelan flu by using synthetic T-cell to activate the gene that would fight off the infection. However, an anomaly in the patient's genetic structure caused the T-cell to mutate and activate all dormant genes of the patient. The T-cell then spread throughout the ship, causing a massive case of "de-evolution". The syndrome was cured by using amniotic fluid to creating a retrovirus to eliminate the effects.
Balt'masor Syndrome
A common Klingon disease that has no cure and required the patient to receive regular treatments, usually given by injection, in order to avoid the condition to become worse.
Bendii Syndrome
The name given by the natives of the TEPLAN system to the disease that they were infected with by the Jem'Hadar as an example to all who defied the Dominion. Everyone there was born with it. In the asymptomatic stage, the victim had blue lesions on the face and body, which turned red with the onset of the terminal stage, known as Quickening; death soon followed. A cure was discovered by a Federation Chief Medical Officer who was able to isolate the virus and develop an antigen--however, the virus was found to mutate after Quickening when exposed to EM fields like those from Starfleet medical instruments. It was discovered, however, that the antigen did cure babies in utero.
Blight, The
A common Klingon disease that has no cure and required the patient to receive regular treatments, usually given by injection, in order to avoid the condition to become worse.
Cartalian Fever
A deadly viral plague that is responsible for the death of billions on countless worlds. The rapid spread of the infection make its extremely difficult to isolate the method in which the virus travels from one planet to another.
Clarke's Disease
Clarke's Disease (also called Clarke's Syndrome) is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the human brain. Symptoms include hallucinations and (in the terminal stage) severe pain. The disorder is ultimately fatal, and incurable as of the 24th century.
Claustrophobia
Morbid fear of enclosed or confined spaces. Suffering from a mild case of Claustrophobia could cause someone to experience anxiety and tremors when placed in a small area. More severe cases could result in panic attacks up to dimentia, causing the person to seek a way out at all costs.
Coleibric Hemorrhage
A fatal condition in Cardassian physiology. Cases of this disease are rare and almost always fatal due to the difficulty of accurately identifying the illness which is often mistaken for Rudellian Plague
Common Cold
Several well known Federation Doctors have noted that modern medicine was still searching for a cure for the common cold in the 23rd Century. One of them found a number of promising biological candidates on OMEGA IV that might lead to a viable cure. By the 24th century, the common cold was apparently cured.The common cold is a human illness that has existed since EARTH's Middle Ages. Main symptoms include sore throat, coughing, and either a stuffed or runny nose. This illness can be caused by improper protection from adverse weather conditions or from rapid, frequent chances in the environment around the victim.
Cramps
Cramps can also be referred to as "immediate post-prandal upper-abdominal distension.A mild condition wherein muscles involuntarily contract, cramps are accompanied by unpleasantness and is often the result of stress or strain on the muscle in question. This muscle can also be part of autonomous muscle system, such as the stomach.
Cygnian Respiratory Diseases
Array of respiratory infections discovered in the CYGNUS System which greatly vary in morphology and effects. The weakest strand of Cygnian Respiratory Diseases causes a mild inflammation of the bronchia making breathings difficult, while the most virile strand can cause the lungs to liquefy within hours of infection.
Darnay's Disease
A deadly ailment that attacks the brain and nervous system of its victims. Although current medical technologies and treatments are able to greatly slow the progress of this disease, no cure as yet been discovered.
Dorek Syndrome
A very rare and incurable disease that afflicts one out of every five million Ferengi.
Holo-Addiction
Holo-addiction is a psychological disorder in which a person spends time in the fictional world of the holodeck in preference to the real world. This phenomenon is usually an escape mechanism symptomatic of deeper psychological problems.
Forrester-Trent Syndrome
Degenerative neurological disorder. It is very rare, but if left untreated, can result in paralysis and even death. The syndrome is usually hereditary but can be activated by a random mutation. A neurostabilization regimen can stabilize or in time even reverse the disease.
Fostossa Virus
Fostossa virus was epidemic on BAJOR during the Cardassian occupation, killing thousands of Bajorans. A cure for the disease was developed by Dr. Crell Moset, but only after extensive experimentation on Bajoran prisoners, resulting in the painful death of many of those unwilling subjects.
HTDS
Holotransference Dementia Syndrome. Medical condition in which a person becomes so disoriented within a holographic simulation that they lose their sense of identity and start to think that they are part of the program.
Hypochondria
Hypochondria is a psychological condition where a person experiences abnormal and chronic anxiety over imagined illnesses.
Interspatial Parasite
Because these parasites are from outside normal space-time and exist in a state of interspatial flux, initial treatments were unsuccessful.
CLASSIFIED
In this time-line EARTH was destroyed by the Xindi leaving only a handful of Terrans living on CETI ALPHA V. When the Xindi discovered this last outpost of Humanity, the cure for this disease was implemented terminating this alternate time-lime.
Diagnosis could be confused by the presence of any of 22 different substances that left electropathic residue resembling that of this disorder.
Upon infection a host developed a fever and soon fell unconscious. As the virus progressed it gathered at the side of the victim's neck and used the host's hormones to promote its own growth. Eventually the viruses reached a macroscopic size (0.5mm) and hatched from the host.
Both the Tak Tak and the Garans were aware of the virus.
To avoid detection, the virus disguises itself as a memory engram -- normally a memory so traumatic that the host suppresses it into the subconscious. In the case of the one memory virus known to Starfleet, the memory was of a girl falling from a cliff. It is not known how many hosts the virus inhabited before it was destroyed, but it may have been in existance for thousands of years.
The virus was eventually discovered and destroyed in 2373 using thoron radiation.
The disease and its cure were known in Surak's time, but by the 22nd century the knowledge of the cure had been lost. In that time, melding was considered an "unnatural" practice. As a result, those afflicted with Pa'nar Syndrome were ostracized from Vulcan society.
The Vidiians survived in the short term by making extensive use of transplantation and organ piracy, using a variant of transporter technology to literally steal healthy organs from the bodies of their owners. Increasingly desperate, the Vidiians resorted to kidnapping members of other species and experimenting on them.
A Vidiian scientist believed that research into Klingon genetic material would eventually lead to a cure.
The phage was cured in 2376, by the group known as the Think Tank.
Plasma plague threatened the heavily populated Rachelis system in 2365.
In 2154, a sample of this disease's pathogen was stored at Cold Station 12 for study.
Currently, there is still no cure for the Telurian plague.
In the normal profile for degeneration, the patient will begin experiencing a loss of motor skills in ten to fifteen years, with life expectancy somewhere in the twenty to twenty-five year range upon contracting it.
In 2375, Section 31 was under the impression that the head of the Romulan Tal'Shiar, had contracted Tuvan Syndrome. Or so they led a Doctor to believe, as they convinced him that he was needed to make a positive diagnosis as part of a ruse to expel Senator Kimara Cretak from her chair in the Romulan Senate.
Most humans are naturally immune to Urodelian flu.
In 2154, a sample of this disease's pathogen was stored at Cold Station 12.
The interspatial parasite is an organism that infect the hippocampus and which originate from the Sphere Builders' transdimensional realm. The main symtom of this infection is an inability for the person of forming any new long-term memories.
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A cure for these parasites was found in 2165 in an alternate time-line by a group of Denobulan Doctors and Physicists. The cure consist of creating a subspace implosion powered by a warp core. Such an implosion would completely erase the parasites or any traces of their presence. Furthermore it was discovered that destroying a parasite in the present destroyed it in the past as well.
Iresine SyndromeA very rare neurological disorder in humanoids characterized by a peculiar electropathic signature in the thalamus, and a severely decreased histamine count. Victims of the disorder, first identified in the 23rd century, would fall suddenly into a coma for approximately 72 hours.
Irumodic SyndromeIrumodic Syndrome is a degenerative neurological disorder which is characterised by deterioration of the synaptic pathways of the brain. This causes confusion, delusions, and eventually death. No cure is available; the best treatment in the late 24th century was peridaxon, though this only relieved the symptoms. Genetic testing can determines whether a person has the possibility of developing the syndrome in later life, but this is not a flawless diagnosis. The initial signs that one might develop Irumodic Syndrome can be so small that they are only visible on a level-4 neurografic scan.
Iverson's DiseaseIverson's Disease is a chronic and progressive muscular disorder that affects humans. It causes fatal degeneration of motor skills, but does not impair mental faculties. There is no known cure. Mark Jameson suffered from the illness, and attempted to alleviate the symptoms by using a alien drug to reverse the aging process. Whilst this appeared successful, Jameson's overuse of the drug eventually killed him.
Kalla-Nohra SyndromeA chronic pulmonary disease unique to individuals, both Bajoran and Cardassian, who survived a particular mining accident at GALLITEP.
Lacunar AmnesiaType of amnesia that occurs when a patient witnesses an act of violence so terrible that the patient rejects the reality of the situation.
Larosian VirusA viral infection with the unique side effect of removing inhibitions, making an infected individual appear entirely carefree and openly amorous.
Levodian FluThe Levodian Flu is a disease apparently common in Federation member planets. It usually runs for a maximum of 29 hours, with the only signs being similar to the traditional EARTH flu.
MacrovirusThe macrovirus was first encountered in the Delta Quadrant in 2373.
Memory virusThe memory virus is a (possibly alien) virus that passes from person to person through physical contact.
Mendakan PoxHumanoid disease characterized by skin mottling. Easily treatable, cases of this disease are actually quite rare.
MetremiaRadiation poisoning caused by the metreon cascade.
Metremia, a fatal degenerative blood disease, was caused by exposure to high concentrations of metreon isotopes. The disease attacked its victims on a molecular level, causing the body's atomic structure to undergo fission.
Morphogenic VirusA virus engineered by Section 31 designed to kill the Founders. In 2372 one Changeling was unknowingly given the virus, but it did not manifest itself until three years later. The main symptom is a decreasing ability to shapeshift, accompanied by pain and peeling skin; the progress is accelerated by frequent shapeshifting and in the final stage of the disease, the Changeling cannot revert back to liquid state at all and die in a solid form. The cure for the disease contains a nucleotide marking sequence consisting of adanine, asporadine, lytastolanine, and radanine.
Multiphasic PrionThe multiphasic prion is a pathogen that infects humans and can be potentially life-threatening. The prions initially attach themselves to the mitochondrial wall, and later migrate to the cell membranes and rupture them. One of the early symptoms of infection is a slight elevation in body temperature.
NihiliphobiaThe fear of nothingness, usually brought on when a patient is placed in a completely empty room or when a starship travels through a region of spacial void. Symptoms of nihiliphobia can include anxiety and even panic attacks leading to collapse.
Orkett's DiseaseOrkett's Disease is caused by a virus that affected thousands of Bajoran children during the Cardassian Occupation of BAJOR. The disease was usually terminal unless a suitable bone marrow transplant was performed.
Pa'nar SyndromePa'nar Syndrome is a Vulcan disease that results in the degradation of the synaptic pathways. It also affects the endocrine and immune systems. It is caused by a disruption of neuroelectric impulses during Vulcan mind melds performed by a Vulcan who has been improperly trained. It can be cured by a meld performed by an experienced melder.
PhageThe phage is a deadly disease that afflicted the Vidiians for approximately 2,000 years. The phage literally consumed the Vidiians; their genetic code was first disrupted, then their body tissues were consumed. One of the early symptoms of the disease was excruciating joint pain. Some victims had been known to die simply from the agony itself, and euthenasia of afflicted persons was common.
Plasma PlaguePlasma plague is a lethal disease caused by a group of viruses known since the 2260s. The pioneering research was conducted on them by Dr. Susan Nuress in 2295 following an epidemic on OBI VI. One mutated strain, developed during Nuress's explorations, was found to grow more rapidly when exposed to eichner radiation.
PneumoniaPneumonia is an infection of the alveoli of the lungs. One type of pneumonia is lobar, which in the consolidation of a pulmonary lobe.
Psi 2000 intoxicationA state of polywater intoxication (sometimes referred to as the Psi 2000 intoxication) is an affliction caused by polywater molecules, first noted on Psi 2000. It first affected the members of a Federation science team stationed on that planet in 2266. The transmission of the affliction was water based, caused by huge shifts in gravity, resulting in complex strings of water molecules that had the ability to propogate themselves, almost like a very simple version of a virus. The main symptom of the intoxication is the supression of inhibitions, resulting in an effect that appears much like drunkeness. It appears to spread through perspiration and therefore touch.
Redellian Brain FeverA high contagious infection which manifests itself through extreme delusions causing people to usually believe that they are someone else.
Rigelian FeverRigelian fever is a high contageous disease, originating from the Rigel system, and affecting one out of three (1/3) residents of the Rigel system before puberty. Easily treated, the Rigelian Fever usually lasts for no more than 6 days and consists of a distinctive blue and green gangrenous rash.
rop'ngorA disease that sometimes affects Klingon children, somewhat akin to terrestrial measles.
Rudellian PlagueRudellian plague is an infectious disease that afflicts Cardassians. The Cardassian colony on PENTATH III suffered an outbreak of Rudellian plague in 2372, due to a decline in public health caused by the Klingon-Cardassian War.
SDS or Soul Displacement SyndromeAlso known as 'Transfer of Coherent Bio-Energy Between Siblings Following Severe Emotional or Psychological Trauma', the tern SDS was associated to this condition following research on this rare condition was conducted on EARTH by members of Starfleet Medical. The condition is described as the transfer of a
soul, or at least part of one, from one person to another at the time of death. Although this is an exceptionally rare condition, one that many members of the medical community within Starfleet still refuse to recognise as being genuine, some cases had been documented and seemed to gravitate mostly around twins who had suffered some sort of severe emotional trauma. Only one such case has ever been associated with Human twins. The other target group for this unusual syndrome appears to be amongst races which possesse extensive
telepathic abilities as well as specific genetic predisposition for fraternal twins such as Betazoids.
Sakuro's DiseaseAn extremely rare disease which can cause intense fever, weakness, and even death if not treated within the first 36 hours of the onset of the symptoms.
Shalaft's SyndromeShalaft's Syndrome is a rare, congenital birth defect sometimes found in Human males. The disorder usually manifested itself in early childhood; the primary symptom was an acute hypersensitivity to sound � even the slightest whisper could cause one who had this syndrome severe pain.
Stockholm SyndromeIn psychology, the tendency for hostages to sympathize with their captors after extended captivity. In extreme cases this can lead to the individual to completely believe and even join the cause of their captors.
Symbalene Blood BurnSymbalene blood burn is a deadly disease that can kill a human in a few minutes, and it takes more then a week to wipe out a population of a planet totaling 4 billion people. The pathogen causes the the vascular lining to literally boil away. Initial symptoms include a critical rise in body temperature and blood pressure, followed by extreme pain in the extremities and the rupture of capillaries.
Synthococcus NovaeSynthococcus novae is the nomenclature for a lethal bacillus strain that evolved in the environmentally-regulated societies of the mid-23rd century Federation. As of that era, Federation medicine had no cure for the disease but could immunize against it. Infected persons, who could be carriers of the disease without suffering its effects, were required to stay in enrivonmentally-controlled areas to prevent its spread.
Telurian PlagueTelurian plague is one of the most dangerous pathogens known in the 22nd century. Stocks of Telurian plague were stored aboard Cold Station 12 for study.
Temporal NarcosisDelirium produced by exposure to temporal disturbances. Although no extensive work has been done in the research of this particular condition, those Doctors who have had first hand experiences with this have reported a corrolation between the amplitude of the temporal disturbance and the intensity and number of cases.
Teplan BlightA disease introduced to the Teplans by the Jem'Hadar because of the resistance. The main characteristic is a series of 'spider-veins' over the skin which turn red during the quickening or death stage. The Blight was 'cured' by a Federation Doctor on his visit to the Teplan homeworld. He didn't actually develop a cure per se, he developed an innoculation to prevent unborn children from contracting it.
Terothka VirusThe Terothka Virus is a highly contagious disease unique to Romulan physiology. While various strains exist, the symptoms are similar - the most unpleasant of which are considered to be stomach cramps and a debilitating rash.
Terellian Death SyndromeTerellian Death Syndrome is a deadly disease which causes irreversible cellular degradation. Its initial symptoms are somewhat similar to that of Urodelian flu.
Terrellian PlagueThe Terrellian plague is a devastating viral infection; because of the renowned excruciating discomfort its victims suffer, it is often used in hyperbole or as an exaggerating comparative: "It's heartburn, not the Terrellian plague."
Thelusian FluAn exotic but harmless rhinovirus that is easily treated.
Transporter PsychosisTransporter psychosis is an incurable medical condition first diagnosed by researchers on DELINIA II in 2209. It is caused by a breakdown of neurochemicals during transport, affecting the body's motor functions, autonomic systems and the higher reasoning centers of the brain. As a result, the victim suffers from paranoid delusions, multi-infarct dementia, hallucinations (somatic, tactile, and visual), and psychogenic hysteria. Peripheral symptoms include sleeplessness, accelerated heart rate, diminished eyesight leading to acute myopia, and dehydration. Transporter psychosis was eliminated by the invention of the multiplex pattern buffer in the 2310s.
Tuvan SyndromeTuvan Syndrome is a neurological disease affecting mostly Romulans, Vulcans and Rigelians which typically is degenerative and incurable.
Ulcartic VirusUlcartic virus is a very deadly and very painful disease, sometimes used as a brutal method of execution by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. The virus causes the subject's internal organs to heat up, to the point where the victim's body literally boils to death.
Urodelian FluUrodelian flu is a relatively harmless viral disease. Symptoms include blurred vision, dizziness, palpitations, and a stinging sensation in the lower spine. Urodelian flu is characterized by a slightly irregular K-3 cell count, elevated intravascular pressure, and heightened electrophoretic activity.
Vegan ChoriomeningitisVegan choreomeningitis is a disease with which volunteers from Gideon were deliberately infected. The people of Gideon were virtually immortal, and respected life too much to consider birth control. Their goal was to introduce death back into their critically overpopulated and germ-free society.
XenopolycythemiaXenopolycythemia is a rare blood disease, causing a loss of red blood cell replacement in the human body. The disease is always fatal within a year if not treated early. The cure, discovered by the Fabrini in the 23rd century, is extremely uncomfortable, and the drug must be administered in small doses at specific intervals during the treatment period. When given in time, recovery is 100%.
Zanthi FeverA virus affecting the empathic abilities of "mature" Betazoids. It causes brief, intense headaches, during which the sufferer unconsciously projects his or her emotions onto others nearby, provided those emotions already exist in those others subconsciously. Fortunately, the sufferer is easily cured with a simple wide-spectrum antibiotic, and the effects on other people wear off in a day or two.
