Disease

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A Disease is a sickness that can be contracted by a Neopet. When sick, Neopets continuously to lose hit points and happiness, and they are unable to fight in the Battledome. Diseases are often caused by Random Events or by ingesting certain harmful food items. A few weapons have the ability to inflict diseases in the Battledome, and specific chance-based games, such as the Wheel of Excitement and the Qasalan Expellibox, can also make a Neopet sick.

There are currently 36 known diseases. Each disease has a specific set of associated curative items, and in order to cure a disease, the user must use an appropriate item on the affected Neopet. Curative items can be purchased at the Neopian Pharmacy in Neopia Central, Remarkable Restoratives in Shenkuu, and Lost Desert Medicine in the Lost Desert. Cures bought at the Neopian Pharmacy are always guaranteed to work, while cures bought at Remarkable Restoratives and Lost Desert Medicine have a chance at being ineffective. The Healing Springs can also sometimes heal sick Neopets.

All Diseases and Cures

Disease	Symptoms	Neopia Central's Cure		Lost Desert's Cure		Shenkuu's Cure
Achy Head	Your pet will have a nasty headache and feel very under the weather.	Magic Goop		Aching Lotion		Black Cherry Tea
Bloaty Belly	This is what happens when your pet eats too much. Your pet will complain of being bloated and will refuse to eat anything.	Flat-U-Less Tablets		Selket Elixir		White Squid Root
Bloaty Feet	Your pet's feet will swell and grow in size until you give it the necessary antidote.	Magic Smelly Socks				Brilliant Draik Flower
Blurred Vision	Your pet will see spots and may bump into things all the time.	Extra Thick Goggles		Minor Healing Ointment		Finely Ground Bean Powder
Bubbles	Your poor pet will constantly hiccup bubbles.	Bubbles Herbal Drink		Scamander Syrup		Lotus Leaves
Chickaroo	Your pet will think it is a chicken, pecking the ground for food and crowing at dawn.	Herbal Scrambled Eggs
Cricky Neck	Ouch - your pet's neck is very stiff and it can't move its head at all.	Neck Brace		Scamander Slime
D'achoo	Your pet will go into a massive sneezing fit, and its eyes will become very sore.	Neopkins				Cobrall Root
Doldrums	Your pet will start hiding in cold, dark, damp corners and won't come out into the light	Mushroom Ointment
Floppy Tongue	Your pet's tongue has become all swollen and floppy. Your pet will not be able to close its mouth and will drool a lot.	Tongue Shrinker		Soothing Bandages		Seaweed Paste
Fuzzitus	This is an allergy to fluff that all pets get now and again, especially bad for JubJubs!!	Fluff Be Gone		Weak Fuzzitus Cream
Fuzzy Fungus	In the most severe cases your Neopets fur can turn purple as it begins to turn into a Fungus Ball.	Honey Blossom Extract
Grumbles	Your pet's stomach will begin to make the loudest of noises and it may be from its food	Grumble Be Gone Tablets		Lime Lozenge		Crumble Fungus
Hoochie Coochies	Your poor pet will break out in blue and green spots.	Hoochie Coochie Tablets
Itchy Scratchies	A nasty disease where your pet is covered in amazingly itchy red lumps.	Itchy Scratchy Cream		Sandy Creme		Dried Prampet Leaves
Jitters	If you notice that your pet runs around constantly and just can't seem to sit still to sleep, eat or do anything it might have this disease.	Potion of Containment		Fuzzy Pink Blanket		Crumble Fungus
Kikoughela	Your pet will have a sore throat and coughing fits.	Kikoughela Syrup
Lumps	Your pet will be covered in large, yellow, itchy lumps.	Medicinal Mud Bath		Sandy Cream		Talon Root
Neezles	Your pet will break out in red spots if it's suffering from Neezles.	Neezles Jab				Dried Prampet Leaves
Neggitus	One too many Neggs can cause an allergic reaction, swelling of the ears and dizziness.	Neggitus Injection		Lemon Lozenge
Neo Flu	Your pet will refuse to eat, appear flushed and be very sleepy.	Neoflu Jelly Pills
NeoBlues	Your pet is feeling very down in the dumps, it shows little or no interest in playing or eating anything.	Tasty Pie				Steaming Green Tea
Neogitus	Your pet's gums become sore and swollen. It has difficulty eating or drinking.	Medicinal Toothbrush		Cherry Lozenge		Slimy Tree Bark
NeoMites	Your beloved pet's coat is covered with lurgees that hop around and make your pet scratch.	NeoMites Injection		Warm Neomites Wrap		Soothing Stones
NeoMonia	This is a nasty illness that needs urgent medical attention. Your pet will feel sick, tired, and grumpy until you give it the cure.	Medicinal Soap		Warm Green Blanket
NeoPhobia	A chronic fear of leaving the house.	Step Out Shoes		Heated Blanket		Dried Mushrooms
NeoPox	If your pet has NeoPox it will be covered in very itchy, contagious red blotches.	NeoPox Pizza		Spotted Blanket		Dried Prampet Leaves
NeoWarts	Your pet will have big cauliflower like lumps growing on its body.	Neowart Fungus
Pollenitus	Caused by the change of seasons and the blooming of plants. If your Neopet is sneezing horribly and has watery, itchy, eyes and nose they probably are suffering from Pollenitus. Feed your pet Crater Fruit Elixir.	Crater Fruit Elixir
Reptillioritus	Caused by a bite from a venomous Reptillior, the skin becomes very red and itchy. Your Neopet will refuse to eat and feel very tired all the time.	Cactopus Cream
Shaky Flakys	Your pet will start trembling uncontrollably and its skin will be dry. In extreme cases, the skin may even start to flake off.	Shaky Flaky Cream				Clay and Leaf Paste
Shock -A- Lots	Your pet's fur will be full of static and anything it touches will give off electric sparks.	Ultra Rubber Gloves
Sneezles	Your pet will have a runny nose and sneeze constantly.	Magic Cookie		Sneezle Powder
Spyder Bite	Caused by a bite from a wild Spyder, your pet will appear very afraid of the Spider Grundo and Spyders.	Spyder Juice Elixir		Voidberry Extract
Ugga-Ugga	Possibly the worst Tyrannian disease, your Neopet's throat becomes so sore that all they can do is make Ugga noises.	Sporkle Syrup		Gwontek Syrup		Shrimp Powder
Watery Eyes	Your pet will look like it is constantly crying even though it may well be quite happy.	Onion Balm		Healing Gauze Pads

Causes of disease

A disease can be caused many different things, the most basic of which is by Random Event, which gives a random disease. The others are more controllable by the user, as they are caused by certain food, games or Battledome Equipment. Infecting a Neopet with a disease is usually a newbie mistake or a malicious attempt by another user. Some users purposefully make their Neopet sick as a way of buying a cheaper cure for a certain disease.

Foods

Ferocious Negg

May give your pet a random disease. It is available from the Negg Faerie. Probably one of the most commonly used disease causing items, because it can also increase a pet's strength. Only price effective for pets that can no longer use the training school. The Strength Serum is also recommended for this purpose.

Poisonous Jelly

Obtained from the Giant Jelly, this may give your pet Neomonia.

Poisonous Lollypop

May give your pet floppy tongue. Given out by Jhudora for completing a level one quest.

Poisonous Mushroom

May give your pet Neopox. This is a retired and rare item from The Apothecary, which it is highly collectable. It costs about 10-12 thousand NP, so users who buy it likely know not to feed it to their pet.

Rotten Omelette

May cause Ugga-Ugga. If you get this at the Giant Omelette, don't feed it to your pet. Buy another omelette off the Shop Wizard if it is hungry.

Species specific

Some Neopets species can become sick by eating certain foods that otherwise do not make a pet sick at all.

• Kyriis can get Itchy Scratchies from apples.
• Quiggles get Neezles from eating ice cream, and other "cream" foods, because they are cold blooded and their blood changes temperature according to their surroundings.
• Tonu can get Neezles from eating a Negg.
• Skeith can get Neezles from cheese items.

Games

There are certain games (such as the Wheel of Excitement and the Wheel of Misfortune) which give a users Neopet's a disease, usually as a risk of playing the game for the rewards. The afflicted disease is usually changed every month or so.

Battledome Equipment

A Neopet gets a disease not by equipping Battledome Equipment, but by having an opponent attack them in the Battledome. Disease causing weapons are popular in some circles as a sick Neopet, although able to finish the fight, cannot fight afterwards until they are cured. Most disease causing Battledome Equipment include poison in their name, but a few do not. These weapons are sometimes used to irritate others by wasting their time and Neopoints.

Buzz Poison Blaster Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Caw Of Despair Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Coral Cutlass Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Darkness Scarab Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Inflicts: Blurry Vision	Inflicts: NeoBlues	Inflicts: Fuzzy Fungus Itchy Scratchies	Inflicts: Itchy Scratchies

Mistletoe Potion Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Mysterious Hemlock Dart Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Poison Dart Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Poison Muffin Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Inflicts: Hoochie Coochies	Inflicts: Bloaty Belly	Inflicts: Cricky Neck	Inflicts: Any Random Disease

Poison Snowball Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Poison Tipped Dagger Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Poisonous Flower Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Poisonous Snowflake Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Inflicts: Hoochie Coochies	Inflicts: Neowarts	Inflicts: Itchy Scratchies	Inflicts: Hoochie Coochies

Portable Cloud Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Super Hemlock Dart Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Super Poison Dart Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Vile Swamp Water Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Inflicts: Watery Eyes	Inflicts: Bloaty Belly	Inflicts: Cricky Neck	Inflicts: Watery Eyes

Epidemics

Itchy Scratchies epidemic

On 6th March 2001, there was an outbreak of Itchy Scratchies at the Money Tree. Any pets which visited it had a high chance of being infected. The epidemic was brought under control later the same day, and the Water Faerie from the Healing Springs offered to cure those she could.

Scourgies pandemic

On April Fool's Day 2011, the Scourgies pandemic was released. The highly contagious disease was discovered at 1:03:56 am NST, the Pharmacy releasing information about how many Neopets started to have fungus growing all over them, as well as itchiness, dizziness, and muscle aches. Cures could be distributed to Neopets the player did not own from the hospital.

Trivia

• On August 24, 2002, the Wheel of Excitement began to give Sneezles to Neopets. This was a done a day after Meuka became a challenger in Defenders of Neopia, allowing users to gain access to fight him.
• The price of the cure of the chosen disease in the Wheel of Excitement always increase tenfold or higher during the time the disease is given due to high demand.

External links

• The Neopian Hospital
• The Pharmacy
• Help File: My Pet has a disease, how do I cure it?
• Neopets FAQ: Battledome - I do not see my pet on the pull down menu above the 1-player challenger list
• Editorial: 23, 45, 48, 50, 62, 76, 102, 139, 169, 190, 192, 219, 235, 241