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Medical Guide: Wound Infection in DayZ

Wound Infection is a silent killer in DayZ. It occurs when wounds are treated with dirty materials or left untreated. It has two stages: Stage 1 (lasts 20 mins, mild symptoms) and Stage 2 (severe fever, rapid health decay, and death).

Prevention is extremely simple: always inspect your medical supplies and ensure rags, sewing kits, or bandages are *Disinfected* before applying them to open cuts.

If you are in Stage 1, you can cure it by disinfecting the wound directly using Iodine, Alcoholic Tint, or Disinfectant Spray. If you have progressed to Stage 2, topical disinfectants will no longer work; you must take Tetracycline Pills to combat the systemic infection.

Quick Medical Summary

Wound Infection is contracted by Allowing bleeding wounds to heal naturally without bandaging, Using dirty, non-disinfected rags or bandages, Sewing cuts with non-disinfected sewing or leather kits. Its primary symptoms include Mild groans of pain, Bluish vision shifts, Progressive health loss, Fever / Sweating, and it is cured using Disinfectant (Iodine Tincture, Alcohol, or Disinfectant Spray) in Stage 1, Tetracycline in Stage 2..

Causes

  • Allowing bleeding wounds to heal naturally without bandaging
  • Using dirty, non-disinfected rags or bandages
  • Sewing cuts with non-disinfected sewing or leather kits

Symptoms

  • Mild groans of pain
  • Bluish vision shifts
  • Progressive health loss
  • Fever / Sweating

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Symptom: Frequent severe shivering

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Symptom: Uncontrollable hysterical laughter and crying

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Symptom: Severe shock damage when trying to jog/run

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