Sallow Disease

Sallow disease is an uncommon but irritating disease caused by the Sallow Moth. It is a communicable disease, meaning it can be passed on to other people.

Transmission & Vectors

The disease is caught from the notorious sallow moth. These moths live in most environments in the Tropics, so are often found in urban areas. The disease is caught when a moth lands on someone, and attempts to eat it using its long proboscis. The proboscis can puncture skin, but the moth dislikes the taste of harmonids so leaves after trying it.

Symptoms

There are a range of symptoms of this disease. The most common is skin turning paler, and swellings. This is common is every case of the disease. More uncommon symptoms include small yellow warts that appear along the neck, arms, legs, feet, and face. It is not advised that you pop these warts, as they will only grow back bigger. In most cases, the infected will feel tired, and occasionally faint. The worst cases of tiredness also cause hallucinations.
Thankfully, the disease is relatively mild. In the worst cases, patients are taken to hospital, but that would only be for a few days period until the disease is completely gone. A study from 2046 showed that out of a thousand patients, only 12 were sent to the hospital. Every single patient sent to the hospital also had other conditions that would have affected the seriousness of the disease.

Treatment

Because of the amount of people who have contracted this disease, vaccinations do exist. Nowadays, most children born in the Tropics are given the vaccine, and if anybody aims to visit the Tropics they are required to have the vaccine too. If, for some reason you don't have the vaccine and you contract the disease, you are required to stay at home and away from other people, unless they have medical proof of their vaccine.
If no vaccine is acquired in the duration of the infection, then drinking ethereal soup is advised. The soup's plant-based ingredients will help soothe, cure the tiredness, and will shrink the warts.

Hosts & Carriers

The disease is carried by the sallow moth, a small, uncommon species of moth. These creatures are used to living in a variety of conditions and climates, and havae accustomed to the urban lifestyle of harmonids. They are often found in people's houses, much to their dismay.

Epidemiology

When the disease first appeared, it would quickly travel through the population. The disease first started appearing just after the Centaur Uprising, as harmonids had taken over Southland. Centaurs had an immunity to this disease, as their skin and hide was thicker, but harmonids didn't. The disease flooded the population, which didn't cause much of a problem but was a nuisance, as people were too tired to work and farmers, labourers and workers were continuously fainting on the job, putting them and others in harm's way.

Origin

Natural

Cycle

Short-term

Rarity

Uncommon

Affected Species

• Harmonid