Disease

The Ill Uni from the NeoHospital

A Disease is any type of sickness which can come over a users Neopet. Pets do not simply recover from a disease with time, instead, each disease has its own unique cure, a certain item that must be used on your pet in order to cure it. While sick a Neopet will continue to lose hit points, be unable to fight in the battledome, and become more misreble until it's cured. They can be diagnosed at the NeoHospital, and the cures can be bought at Neopian Pharmacy or other such stores. A disease can also be cured at the Healing Springs in Faerieland, but may several visits as all effects of the Healing Springs are random.

Diseases can occur as Random Events, or may be triggered by an item such as Rotten Omelette. Chance-based areas of the website can also affect a users Neopet, such as the Wheel of Excitement which features a different Disease your Neopet can be afflicted with every few months. Also, some weapons of the battledome have been known to cause sickness, as have 1-Player Challengers.

As of July 25, 2006, there is a current total of 35 diseases, but new ones are always being added to the game.

List of Neopian Diseases, Symptoms, and Cures

Disease	Symptoms	Cure
Achy Head	Your pet will have a nasty headache and feel very under the weather.	Magic Goop
Bloaty Belly	This is what happens when your pet eats too much. Your pet will complain of being bloated and will refuse to eat anything.	Flat-U-Less Tablets
Bloaty Feet	Your pet's feet will swell and grow in size until you give it the necessary antidote.	Magic Smelly Socks
Blurred Vision	Your pet will see spots and may bump into things all the time.	Extra Thick Goggles
Bubbles	Your poor pet will constantly hiccup bubbles.	Bubbles Herbal Drink
Chickaroo	Your pet will think it is a chicken, pecking the ground for food and crowing at dawn.	Herbal Scrambled Eggs
Cricky Neck	Ouch - your pet's neck is very stiff and it can't move its head at all.	Neck Brace or Scamander Slime
D'achoo	Your pet will go into a massive sneezing fit, and its eyes will become very sore.	Neopkins
Doldrums	Your pet will start hiding in cold, dark, damp corners and won't come out into the light.	Mushroom Ointment
Floppy Tongue	Your pet's tongue has become all swollen and floppy. Your pet will not be able to close its mouth and will drool a lot.	Tongue Shrinker
Fuzzitus	This is an allergy to fluff that all pets get now and again, especially bad for JubJubs!!	Fluff Be Gone
Fuzzy Fungus	In the most severe cases your Neopets fur can turn purple as it begins to turn into a Fungus Ball.	Honey Blossom Extract
Grumbles	Your pet's stomach will begin to make the loudest of noises and it may be from its food	Grumble Be Gone Tablets
Hoochie Coochies	Your poor pet will break out in blue and green spots.	Hoochie Coochie Tablets
Itchy Scratchies	A nasty disease where your pet is covered in amazingly itchy red lumps.	Itchy Scratchy Cream
Jitters	If you notice that your pet runs around constantly and just can't seem to sit still to sleep, eat or do anything it might have this disease.	Potion of Containment
Kikoughela	Your pet will have a sore throat and coughing fits.	Kikoughela Syrup
Lumps	Your pet will be covered in large, yellow, itchy lumps.	Medicinal Mud Bath
Neezles	Your pet will break out in red spots if it's suffering from Neezles.	Neezles Jab
Neggitus	One too many Neggs can cause an allergic reaction, swelling of the ears and dizziness.	Neggitus Injection
Neo Flu	Your pet will refuse to eat, appear flushed and be very sleepy.	Neoflu Jelly Pills
NeoBlues	Your pet is feeling very down in the dumps, it shows little or no interest in playing or eating anything.	Tasty Pie
Neogitus	Your pet's gums become sore and swollen. It has difficulty eating or drinking.	Medicinal Toothbrush
NeoMites	Your beloved pet's coat is covered with lurgees that hop around and make your pet scratch.	NeoMites Injection
NeoMonia	This is a nasty illness that needs urgent medical attention. Your pet will feel sick, tired, and grumpy until you give it the cure.	Medicinal Soap
NeoPhobia	A chronic fear of leaving the house.	Step Out Shoes
NeoPox	If your pet has NeoPox it will be covered in very itchy, contagious red blotches.	NeoPox Pizza
NeoWarts	Your pet will have big cauliflower like lumps growing on its body.	Neowart Fungus
Reptillioritus	Caused by a bite from a venemous Reptillior, the skin becomes very red and itchy. Your Neopet will refuse to eat and feel very tired all the time.	Cactopus Cream
Shaky Flakys	Your pet will start trembling uncontrollably and its skin will be dry. In extreme cases, the skin may even start to flake off.	Shaky Flaky Cream
Shock -A- Lots	Your pet's fur will be full of static and anything it touches will give off electric sparks.	Ultra Rubber Gloves
Sneezles	Your pet will have a runny nose and sneeze constantly.	Magic Cookie
Spyder Bite	Caused by a bite from a wild Spyder, your pet will appear very afraid of the Spider Grundo and Spyders.	Spyder Juice Elixir
Ugga-Ugga	Possibly the worst Tyrannian disease, your Neopet's throat becomes so sore that all they can do is make Ugga noises.	Sporkle Syrup
Watery Eyes	Your pet will look like it is constantly crying even though it may well be quite happy.	Onion Balm

Disease Causing Items

Disease causing items are either food or battledome weapons. Some people enjoy making opponents pets sick with weapons in the battledome. Infecting a pet with food is usually a newbie mistake, but is sometimes practiced as a way of giving a pet a different disease with a cheaper cure.

Foods

Ferocious Negg

May give your pet a random disease. It is available from the Negg Faerie. Probably one of the most commonly used disease causing items, because it can also increase a pet's strength. Only price effective for pets that can no longer use the training school. The Strength Serum is also recommended for this purpose.

Poisonous Jelly

May give your pet Neomonia. Just buy another jelly if you get it from the Giant Jelly, they are plenty and cheap.

Poisonous Lollypop

May give your pet floppy tongue. Given out by Jhudora sometimes for completing a level one quest.

Poisonous Mushroom

May give your pet Neopox. This is a retired and rare item from the apocathary, which means keep it, because it's a collectable. It costs about 10-12 thousand NP, so users who buy it likely know not to feed it to their pet.

Rotten Omelette

May cause Ugga-Ugga. If you get this at the Giant Omelette, don't feed it to your pet. Buy another omelette off the Shop Wizard if it is hungry.

Weapons

A pet gets a disease from a weapon not by equipping it, but by having an opponent attack them with that weapon in the battledome. Most disease causing weapons include poison in their name, but a few do not.

Buzz Poison Blaster

May cause blurry vision. It is multiple use, but is a species weapon andvery over-priced for its icons. It is unlikely to be seen in the battledome.

Coral Cutlass

May cause fuzzy fungus or itchy scratchies. This weapon is unavailable to the Neopian public and was used by the Cannon Master in the War for New Maraqua. The Cannon Masters use of this item caused cure prices for fuzzy fungus and itchy scratchies to skyrocket.

Darkness Scarab

May cause Itchy Scratchies. Does block all light but is in the price range of superior items like the Sword of Skarsden. Will be in a gallery before it's in a weapon set.

Mistletoe Potion

May cause Hoochie Coochies. A once per battle weapon that does 7-8 icons of damage. Weaker than Illusens Potion, but in the price range of Honey Potion. Too expensive to be seen in the battledome.

Mysterious Hemlock Dart and Super Hemlock Dart

May cause bloaty belly. The only difference between the two is icon variety. A single use six icon weapon that costs about 600 NP. You may see this used occasionally by a mean-spirited battler.

Poison Dart and Super Poison Dart

May cause cricky neck. Icons are exactly the same for the Super Poison Dart. A single use four icon weapon that costs about 300 NP. Doesn't do as much damage as Mysterious Hemlock Dart, but may still show up occasionally.

Poison Muffin

May cause illness (unverified disease). A single use fifteen icon weapon. Two expensive for iconage, especially for only one use, unlikely to be seen in the battledome.

Poison Snowball

May cause hoochie coochies. A weak single use weapon that can be bought for 1 NP. A classic among battledome irritants.

Poison Tipped Dagger

May cause Neowarts. The only cheap multiple use poisoning weapon. (It can be bought for about 2000 NP.) Many battlers keep one in their Safety Deposit Box for battles where they want to get back at friends or irritate strangers.

Poison Snowflake

May cause hoochie coochies. Sells for about 200 NP, over a hundred times more expensive than the Poison Snowball for less icons. Don't expect it ever to be used in the battledome.

Portable Cloud

May cause watery eyes. A very solid battledome weapon that is given by Jhudora at level 47, and is therefore virtually nonexistant.

Vile Swamp Water

May cause watery eyes. A multiple use six icon weapon that would be great for beginners, if it didn't cost over a million NP. If bought, it will be for a gallery, not battle.

Species Specific

Some Neopets species can become sick by eating certain foods that otherwise do not make a pet sick at all.

• Kyriis can get Itchy Scratchies from apples.
• Quiggles get neezles from eating ice cream, and other "cream" foods, because they are cold blooded and their blood changes temperature according to their surroundings.
• Tonu can get sick from a Melted Chocolate Negg.
• Skeith can get sick from cheese items.

Trivia

• ...to be added...

External Links

• The Neopian Hospital
• The Pharmacy
• Help File: My Pet has a disease, how do I cure it?