List of diseases and injuries

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Chest Infections - Common in Leaf-Bare:

Whitecough - Mild form of chest infection, can develope into greencough.
Greencough - Severe chest infection, can kill a cat.
Blackcough - expelling blood, high fever, and coughing. Rare chance of survival.
Kittencough - Kittens can catch it in leaf-bare.

Poisoning - All year round:

Deathberry consumption - will kill a cat if yarrow is not used to have it throw them up.
Eating poisoned or rotten prey.
Bitten by a venomous snake.
Drinking tainted water.

(if small amount is eaten, it usually only gives a cat a bellyache)

Rat Diseases:

ShadowClan is most prone to these diseases as they sometimes prey on rats from the Carrionplace.
Diseases are highly contagious and it is most likely many of the members of the clan will die.
Rat bites become infected easily if not treated with burdock root.

Elder Issues (usually):

Loss of senses - hearing, eyesight. Will end a warrior's career.
Joint ache - The joints gradually degenerating with age, causing pain and difficulty to move. Damp environments can cause the appearance of this condition, so apprentices must make sure that the moss they gather for bedding is completely dry.
Toothache - A toothache is caused by a cracked tooth, cavities, or an infection in the mouth. Alder bark is used to soothe the pain.

Wounds and injuries:

Wounds are injuries when the skin and the muscles beneath are torn, cut, or punctured. They may put a cat's life in danger due to blood loss, infections, or the damage of the organs. Wounds are the most common injuries, due to the cats always fighting enemy Clans, badgers, or foxes.
Minor wounds heal on their own in no time, but severe wounds must be treated by a medicine cat. This treatment includes cleaning it thoroughly with the tongue, stopping the bleeding by pressing cobwebs on it, and applying poultices to prevent infection and help it to heal. Herbs used in the poultices include goldenrod, marigold, burdock root or (in the case of rat bites) wild garlic. If the wound becomes infected, chervil or horsetail is used as well. The pain can be eased with poppy seeds or willow bark.
Sprains are injuries to ligaments of a joint, caused by being stretched beyond their normal capacity and possibly torn.
Joint dislocation is the displacement of a bone from its normal joint. Medicine cats treat this condition by first feeding the patient poppy seeds to make them sleepy so they don't feel it as much, and then forcing the limb back into the joint.
The paw pads may crack while walking long distances on hard surfaces, or due to cold weather. Elders are especially prone to this condition. It is treated with a poultice of coltsfoot or yarrow. Dock leaf poultices are also used to cool cracked pads.
A broken bone is usually the result of an accident, such as falling down from a high place, or being hit by a monster. Cats most often break their legs, and while medicine cats try to bind the bone with cobwebs, the injury usually results in the cat remaining crippled for the rest of his or her life. Breaking the backbone will cause the cat to lose all sensitivity.

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