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Curing disease

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{{otheruses|the condition that affects players|the condition that affects planted crops|Disease (Farming)}}
[[File:Diseased.png|left]]
[[File:Diseasedamage.png|frame|Disease damage appears as a yellow rectangle]]
[[File:Old Disease Splat.png|thumb|Old Splat]]

'''Disease''' is one of the few status effects in ''RuneScape''. It is caused by being damaged by [[Zogre]]s in their dungeon near Jiggig, Diseased Kebbits in Gu'tanoth, [[Skogre]]s and [[Fever Spider]]s, from the scarabs during [[Dealing with Scabaras]] in their dungeon in Sophanem, by failing to [[Thieving|pick the lock]] on a zogre coffin (again, in dungeon near Jiggig), failing to cut a scrapey tree in [[Trouble Brewing]], fungal rodents in the polypore dungeon, or by the disease handicap in the [[Dominion tower]].

When a player has disease, shown by a yellow hitsplat ([[File:Diseasesplat.png]]), the player's [[skills]] are reduced by a random amount. Recovery takes one minute per level reduced, which can potentially be a long time.

The only skill that is not affected by disease is [[Constitution]]. All other skills may be reduced randomly by disease, taking away a number of skill points equal to the number on the disease splat. It only lowers one skill at a time and can lower the same skill multiple times in a row.

Wearing an [[inoculation brace]] provides protection against the effects of disease by preventing the reduction of skill levels, but it does not cure or immunise against disease. Alternatively, bathing in the thermal bath in [[Oo'glog]] does cure and briefly immunise players against disease.

==Curing disease==
Skills gradually recover on their own, but for an instantaneous recovery, potions from [[Herblore]] can be used. [[Restore potion]]s recover [[Combat]] skills except [[Prayer]] and [[Summoning]], while [[Super restore]] recovers all other skills and a limited amount of Prayer and Summoning.

The effects of disease can be countered with [[Relicym's balm]]. Drinking one or two doses reduces the effect, while three cures most disease altogether. Disease inflicted by scarab swarms and traps in the dungeon encountered in [[Dealing with Scabaras]] requires four doses to be cured immediately. Instead of clicking the potion, a player may click the now-yellow lifepoints indicator to automatically drink their balm.

Bathing in the thermal bath in [[Oo'glog]] cures disease and temporarily immunises players against being infected.

The [[unicorn stallion]]'s (level 88 [[Summoning]] required) 'Cure' effect cures both disease and poison, but requires some [[Summoning points]].

The [[Bloated leech]]'s (level 49 [[Summoning]] required) Blood Drain scroll heals disease, including [[poison]] and stat damage, at the cost of some life points.

The [[Cure Other]], [[Cure Me]], and [[Cure Group]] spells in the [[Lunar spells|Lunar spellbook]] will also cure disease.

Disease is cured upon [[death]] and respawn. It may be easier (and cheaper) to [[bank]] all [[items]] and get killed, or die in a safe [[minigame]] such as the [[Duel Arena]].

==See also==
* [[Poison]]
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[[Category:Mechanics]]
[[Category:Diseases]]

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