Void Blight

This is an incredibly rare disease that only affects the Ougham. In every documented case of this malady appearing, the Ougham have severed ties with the infected creature and abandoned it to perish on its own to avoid the spread of it through the rest of the species. It is a lethal disease to their kind, but there is one documented case of it being caught early and treated fast enough to remove the infection before it could spread, however, it should be pointed out that the species had already severed ties with this creature at this time, and it fell comatose following the procedure and perished anyway. Whether this is due to the exclusion of its kind of the disease is unsure at this time.
Diagnosis Void Blight is diagnosed by a sudden and severe yellowing, browning, withering, and even complete desiccation of parts of the Ougham's body. This is an incredibly rapid change, and causes a great deal of pain and damage to the creature as it is happening. In the earliest stages, it will show as spots ¼ to ½ inch in diameter; spots have tan centers with concentric rings and yellow halos around the edges, target-shape appearance with defined border; spots enlarge and coalesce.
Pathology Void Blight spreads by fungal spores that are carried by insects, wind, water and animals that have come in contact with the fungus, and then deposited on the Ougham. The disease requires moisture to progress, so when the Ougham takes in water, they are able to reproduce and spread through the system. Once the system takes root, it will work it;s way into the nervous centers of the infected host, and utilize it's mental connection to the rest of it's kind to find the locations of more of the Ougham, and call them in in an attempt to spread to more hosts.
Epidemiology The exact nature of the fungus, at least what it once was, is the cause for much debate, but it is agreed based on the limited study of it, that it is indeed a fungus that has developed through mutation out of either the Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungi or the fungal pathogen, Tubakia iowensis. There are even some scholars that suggest this may be the result of a Benevolent Heretic intentionally combining the two in an attempt to weaponize them against the Ougham.
Etiology Treatment is imperatively time reliant if there is to be any hope of saving the patient. The infected areas must be removed before the pathogen has a chance to settle in the nervous tissue. Once it has taken full root within the host, there is little that can be done save for easing their passage from life or offering a quick and merciful end to their suffering.
Thanatology The body in this case, to avoid further spread of the fungal spores, must be incinerated in an enclosed furnace to make sure all spores are destroyed. The ashes are safe enough to handle after the fact, but the Ougham seem to have little use for funerary trappings and as such generally do not desire the remains to be returned.

Type

Fungal