Flower Pox

Flower Pox is a childhood disease that effects gnome children who live in unsanitary conditions. Characterized by the flower like boils, both in color and shape, the disease is uncomfortable but typically not fatal.

Transmission & Vectors

Flower Pox is transmitted through the orofecal route. The ideal environments for transmission are those that practice poor sanitation and have low hygiene.

Symptoms

Symptoms generally take 2-5 days to appear.
Day 1-3 - Mild sore throat, low headache, feaver
Day 4-5 - Soar throat and headache intensifies, feaver, blisters appear on arms and legs
Day 6-7 - Blisters 'bloom' or expand and take on a vague flower shape and a bright purple or red color, further enhancing the resemblance to a flower
Day 8-10 - Blisters start to heal, at this time the patient is no longer infectious

Treatment

The common beliefs are that like cures like, since the blisters have a flower shape families make special poultices from local flowers. Some of the flowers used are medicinal and may alleviate the aches and itching of the blisters. Technology is not advanced enough yet to have discovered strong enough anti-bacterial materials.

Prognosis

Flower pox is considered a childhood disease, once a creature is infected with it it is unlikely they will become infected a second time. 98% of cases resolve without issue. The remaining 2% are often fatal and occur in children that were already suffering from another condition.

Affected Groups

Flower pox only plagues gnome children.

Prevention

Prevention is straightforward, communities must practice good sanitization and good hygiene.

Cultural Reception

Other races view infected gnome children with disgust as the view the disease as unclean. They feel some of the gnomes live in squalor and so their children are punished. Communities with Flower Pox outbreaks are often temporarily shunned.

Type

Bacterial

Origin

Natural

Cycle

Short-term

Rarity

Common

Affected Species

• Gnome