Magical Bugs and Illnesses

[The New Ages]

The following list are magical bugs and illnesses developed and contracted amongst the Magical Community only. Although witches and wizards can contract common illnesses, these particular diseases are only known in their world. This is not a complete list of illnesses in the Wizarding World.

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The following list and descriptions were comprised from HP-Lexicon, Harry Potter Wiki, J.K. Rowling, and members of Hogwarts: The New Ages. The New Ages Admin does not take any credit for the following.

[The New Ages]

Black Cat Flu

A strain of influenza that is more common in wizarding folk. There was a huge outbreak back in 1996.

Dragon Pox

A potentially fatal contagious disease similar to the small pox except for that a witch or wizards face with turn a nasty hue of green as well as having the possibility of sparks flying when one sneezes.

Goblutes

This disease comes from the hind legs of the Booshu Birds, off the coast of India. Symptoms of this particular illness include: sweats and chills, shakiness, running nose, high temperature, skin turning green (though not permanently) and glows in the dark, loss of memory and sense of self, and developing warts in places you don't usually reveal to the public. This particular illness was once revealed to the muggle community on a sitcom.

Hags Fever

Symptoms of this sickness include fevers of 88-97^oF / 31.1-36.1^oC. Your throat and tongue feeling like you've been sucking on ice cubes for hours on end. A nose that is runny, and leaves snot-s-icicles hanging out of your nostrils. If come with flashes of heat that warm you, but leave you craving for more. And it often makes you feel like you could stay up for hours on end.

Loser's Lurgy

A possible fake illness described by Luna Lovegood to cause people to be thrown off their game, causing them to lose.

Mumblemumps

This sickness causes the patient to have a swollen face and neck. They also can only communicate in mumbles.

Scrofungulus

Not much is known about this illness just that it is caused by an unknown 'magical bug'.

Spattergroit

This highly contagious potentially fatal disease has thee main symptoms: the inability to talk, purple pustules on the face, and extreme fatigue.

Stinkitus

This wizarding sickness is caused by inhaling too much noxious Stink Pellet gas.

Vanishing sickness

The main symptom of this contagious sickness is that it makes various body parts disappear.