This article is about an older version of DF.
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In the status menu (accessed using the z-status key), one of the sub-menus is Health. This sub-menu becomes available when a dwarf is appointed to the Chief medical dwarf position.
The z-health menu is used to monitor the health of friendly dwarves and livestock. A subject's status effects and injuries are cataloged in the health menu by hospital staff upon diagnosis. Some basic needs are automatically shown in the menu whenever a patient becomes hungry, thirsty, or tired. Doctors will begin treating injured or otherwise unhealthy patients only after diagnosis and when proper equipment is available.
Note: The screen is entirely mouse enabled.
Listed below are all of the conditions displayed in the z-health screen:
First Key Column
This is the column that lists requests and requirements of the subject.
| Symbol
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Description
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| D
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Diagnosis request - Diagnostician needed to diagnose the subject
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| ≈
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Cleaning request - Wound dresser needed to bathe off contaminants, preferably using soap and fresh, clean water
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| S
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Surgery required - Surgeon needed to excise necrotic tissue or repair organ damage
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| R
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Inoperable Rot - Surgeon needed to amputate a necrotic limb
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| Ø
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Suture request - Suturer needed to repair cuts, wounds and nerve damage (!!) using thread
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| B
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Setting request - Bone doctor needed to set the subject's fractured bones
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°
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Dressing request - Wound dresser needed to top off the medical procedure using cloth bandages
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| T
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Traction request - Traction bench needed to immobilize subject with overlapping fractures
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| I
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Immobilization request - Cast (wound dresser) or splint (bone doctor) needed to stabilize a repaired fracture
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| C
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Crutch required - Crutch needed for the subject to walk
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Second Key Column
This column shows different degrees of bleeding, blood loss, numbness, and paralysis.
| Symbol
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Description
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| B!+
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Heavy bleeding - Subject is quickly losing blood through many wounds or torn arteries. This is an emergency.
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| B!~
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Bleeding - Subject is losing blood through a wound. Typically harmless due to dwarves' fast natural healing rate.
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| Pal
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Severe Blood Loss - Subject is Pale. Caused by massive blood loss, typically from a severed limb. This is an emergency.
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| Fnt
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Faint - Subject is Faint. Caused by moderate blood loss from wounds or necrosis.
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| Pz+
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Paralyzed - Subject is completely paralyzed. Common effect of upper spinal injury. Death by suffocation is imminent
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| Pz~
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Partially paralyzed - One or more limbs unusable due to severed nerves
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| Slg
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Sluggish - Characteristic of weak or lessening paralysis
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| Nm+
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Completely numb - Symptom of syndromes or sensory nerve damage. Eliminates pain sensation in affected areas and severely hampers motor ability. Protracted syndrome effects may cause permanent damage.
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| Nm~
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Partially numb - Symptom of syndromes or sensory nerve damage. Further reduces pain in affected areas and hampers fine motor ability.
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| Nm-
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Slightly numb - Symptom of syndromes or sensory nerve damage. Reduces pain in affected areas.
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Third Key Column
This column shows different degrees of pain, exhaustion and fever and also shows dizziness and whether the subject is stunned.
| Symbol
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Description
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| F!
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Serious fever - Reduces focus stat, may stun. Typical warning sign of more dangerous syndromes.
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| F+
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Moderate fever - Reduces focus stat. Typical warning sign of more dangerous syndromes.
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| F~
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Slight fever - Reduces focus stat. Relatively harmless.
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| Dz
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Dizzy - Common symptom of snakebite. Chance for subject to stumble in a random direction instead of performing an action, depending on severity.
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| Pn!
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Extreme pain - Bone fracture or a staggering number of surface wounds. Subject can't take any more and falls unconscious, giving into pain. Thresholds depend on subject's willpower stat.
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| Pn+
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Moderate pain - Serious, recent damage to muscle and/or fat. Interferes with actions?
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| Pn~
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Slight pain - Subject has suffered minor cuts or bruises.
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| St
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Stunned - The wind has been knocked out of the subject by an unexpected fall, impact, cave-in or takedown. Cuts speed by half until it wears off (usually in about 100 frames).
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| Ovx
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Over-exerted - Last stage of tiredness, caused by drawn-out combat, usually only seen in wrestlers or when creatures resistant to weapon used. Reduces speed, will cause unconsciousness if exertion continues.
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| Exh
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Exhausted - Second stage of tiredness. Reduces speed.
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| Tir
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Tired - Caused by executing many combat actions in short time or operating a screw pump. Reduces speed.
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Fourth Key Column
This column shows breathing problems and various needs (including extreme like starvation and dehydration).
| Symbol
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Description
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| Dr
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Drowning - Cannot breathe due to being stuck underwater. This is an emergency.
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| Wd
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Winded - Typical of punctured lungs. Comparison against breathing trouble needed.
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| Br
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Cannot breathe - Usually indicates severe lung injury or asphyxiation. Death is imminent unless one lung was injured a long time ago and will finish healing to the point of being able to breathe before subject dies.
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| Br
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Trouble breathing - Usually indicates lung injury or extreme exertion
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| T!
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Dehydrated - If the subject doesn't receive booze (or water, if hospitalized) they will die. This is an emergency.
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| T~
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Thirsty
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| H!
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Starving - If the subject doesn't receive food they will die. This is an emergency.
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| H~
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Hungry
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| Dw
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Very drowsy - If the subject doesn't get sleep soon they will go insane. This is an emergency.
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| Dw
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Drowsy - Subject is tired enough to go to bed, but hasn't done so yet. Also caused by syndromes.
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| Na
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Nauseous - Symptom of cave adaptation or injury to the guts. The subject may stop and vomit instead of making an action. Excessive vomiting can cause dehydration.
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Fifth Key Column
This column shows vision and grasping impairment, problems with nerves, and being unable to stand or fly.
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Description
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| V
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Vision lost - Subject will have a very hard time completing normal tasks
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| V
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Vision impaired - Subject will have a hard time completing normal tasks
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| V
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Vision ~impaired - Subject will have a slightly hard time completing normal tasks. Caused naturally by old age (110+ with dwarves).
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| P
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Spilled (Popped out) - Subject's intestines have popped out. Death is imminent.
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| Sx
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Cannot stand - All [STANCE] bodyparts have been compromised. Subject can only crawl, taking a massive speed penalty.
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| S~
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Stand impaired - At least one [STANCE] bodypart has been rendered inoperable or lost. In case of a lost limb, a crutch may still restore patient functioning.
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| Gx
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Cannot grasp - All [GRASP] bodyparts have been compromised. Subject cannot manipulate objects or carry things. Nearly complete helplessness.
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| G~
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Grasp impaired - At least one [GRASP] bodypart has been rendered inoperable or lost. Subject can still perform actions and carry things, but lost hands cannot be replaced.
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| Fx
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Cannot fly - All [FLIER] bodyparts have been compromised. Airborne victims will fall like stones.
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| F~
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Flight impaired - At least one [FLIER] bodypart has been rendered inoperable or lost. Might affect flight capability? [Verify]
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| Mn
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Motor nerve - A motor nerve in the limb's muscle tissue has been permanently severed. Everything from the bodypart down is paralyzed and useless.
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| Sn
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Sensory nerve - A sensory nerve in the limb's muscle tissue has been permanently severed. Everything from the bodypart down is rendered numb, reducing pain sensation and hurting performance with the affected limb.
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Sixth Key Column
This column shows torn arteries, tendons and ligaments along with fractures and bruising.
| Symbol
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Description
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| A!
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Major artery torn - Heart injury or torn throat. This is invariably fatal.
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| A+
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Artery torn - Subject will probably suffer bleeding of some type. This can be an emergency.
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| Of
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Overlapping fracture - A widely displaced limb fracture in real life, only seems to represent extreme damage ingame. Cannot be set without a traction bench.
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| Cf
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Compound fracture - A fracture that has also broken a tissue directly subordinate to the bone, such as fingernails or spinal nerves. Tissues torn by bone fragments jammed through them also count.
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| Tn
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Torn tendon - Sinew damage. Limb is disabled. Cannot be set, heals on its own.
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| Tn
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Tendon strain - Sinew damage. Rarely this slight.
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| Tn
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Tendon bruise - Sinew damage. Rarely this slight.
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| Lg
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Torn ligament - Sinew damage. Limb is disabled. Cannot be set, heals on its own.
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| Lg
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Ligament strain - Sinew damage. Rarely this slight.
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| Lg
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Ligament bruise - Sinew damage. Rarely this slight.
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| Ns
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Need setting - The fractures cannot heal without attention from a bone doctor.
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Seventh Key Column
This column shows broken tissue, different degrees of pain, damage and swelling, and whether the subject has an infection.
| Symbol
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Description
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| X!
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Broken tissue
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| D!
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Heavy damage - Typical amount of bruising sustained in combat. Also caused by syndromes.
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| D+
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Moderate damage - Varying degrees of bruising. Typically caused by syndromes.
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| D~
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Light damage - Varying degrees of bruising. Typically caused by syndromes.
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| X~
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Partially broken tissue - The subject's skin or muscle is cut or torn open. Not necessarily an emergency.
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| Pb!
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Extreme pain - Not caused by injuries. Syndrome symptom?
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| Pb+
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Moderate pain - Not caused by injuries. Syndrome symptom?
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| Pb~
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Minor pain - Not caused by injuries. Syndrome symptom?
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| Sw!
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Extreme swelling - Typically caused by syndromes. Further impedes use of affected limbs and matures into necrosis. Swelling of the throat can cause suffocation.
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| Sw+
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Medium swelling - Typically caused by syndromes. Impedes use of affected limbs.
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| Sw~
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Minor swelling - Typically caused by syndromes. Slightly impedes use of affected limbs.
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| In
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Infection - Appears in open wounds either exposed to contaminated water or left untreated for too long. Cannot be treated. Subject's health attributes may affect survival rate?[Verify]
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Mouse controls
This screen is (usually) controllable with a mouse (if it doesn't work in windowed mode, try resizing the window).
- To select a patient, click on their name or row in the chart
- To select a key page, click on the key numbers (below the chart on the left side) to move to the left, or right-click to move to the right
- The options at the bottom of the screen are also clickable, although recentering requires the keyboard to return to the health screen
- A patient's individual health screen (Enter) is also mouse-enabled (even the tabs, although clicking the green 46 uses right/left-clicking to cycle through the tabs
- There is currently no way to scroll pages (vertically) in the main health screen with the mouse.