Medical Disease

Medical Guide: Salmonella in DayZ

Salmonella is a severe gastrointestinal infection that players frequently contract in DayZ. Neglecting its early signs can trigger violent vomiting upon consuming any food or water, quickly leading to critical dehydration and death.

To prevent its appearance, survival experts recommend avoiding raw meat under any circumstances, washing hands thoroughly if bloody, and wearing tactical or working gloves when skinning animals. Good hygiene and food safety are key to surviving your journey in Chernarus.

If you have already contracted Salmonella, your best treatment option is to use Charcoal Tablets. Note that tablets take some time to cure the infection, and you will see the medicine icon on your HUD. Eat and drink in very small bites/sips to avoid triggering vomiting while the medicine works.

Quick Medical Summary

Salmonella is contracted by Eating or drinking with bloody hands, Eating raw meat, fat, or animal viscera. Its primary symptoms include Energy and water loss due to vomiting, Vomiting immediately when drinking/eating, Mild groans of pain, and it is cured using Charcoal Tablets..

Causes

  • Eating or drinking with bloody hands
  • Eating raw meat, fat, or animal viscera

Symptoms

  • Energy and water loss due to vomiting
  • Vomiting immediately when drinking/eating
  • Mild groans of pain

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Cause: Drinking from ponds, rivers or stagnant water

Symptom: Fever/Sweating (high temperature)

Tetracycline Pills.

Common Cold

Cause: Being wet or cold for a long time

Symptom: Coughing

Multivitamin Pills.

Wound Infection

Cause: Allowing bleeding wounds to heal naturally without bandaging

Symptom: Mild groans of pain

Disinfectant (Iodine Tincture, Alcohol, or Disinfectant Spray) in Stage 1, Tetracycline in Stage 2.

Gas Poisoning (POX)

Cause: Being inside a toxic gas zone (dynamic or static) without full NBC protection

Symptom: Vomiting blood

PO-X Antidote Injector or Clean Blood Bag Transfusion.

Hypothermia

Cause: Prolonged exposure to extreme cold temperatures

Symptom: Frequent severe shivering

Campfire, dry and high-insulation clothing, consuming hot food/drinks.

Kuru

Cause: Consuming human meat, fat, or viscera (whether raw, cooked, or rotten)

Symptom: Uncontrollable hysterical laughter and crying

The only cure is death.

Fracture

Cause: Fall damage from high altitudes

Symptom: Severe shock damage when trying to jog/run

Wooden Splint or professional Splint, then rest.

Food Poisoning

Cause: Eating large amounts of unknown canned food

Symptom: Constant vomiting

Charcoal Tablets.

Hemolytic Reaction

Cause: Receiving an incompatible blood type during a blood transfusion

Symptom: Instant unconsciousness upon blood transfusion

Saline Bag or IV Blood Bag of compatible type, and keeping health stats high.
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