Don't forget to Defrag! - Reentry Syndrome and You IMS Bulletin

ARCHIVAL NOTE: The following is an archived version of a public health bulletin issued in relation to Reentry Syndrome (RS). Published and translated by the Grail's International Medical Society alongside a variety of other metaphysical illnesses and written by an anonymous doctor.
==Reentry Syndrome and You!==
===What's this bulletin about?===
Ever wonder why full-dive VR is so heavily regulated in its birthplace of Camelot, as well as other nations of the Grail? Confused as to why we don't just adopt new bodies when ours fail, even though we have the technology to do so? The answer to your question is a medical science mystery known as Reentry Syndrome (RS)! Since the dawn of consciousness transfer technology, Reentry Syndrome has been the bane of would-be body hoppers due to its dire and often-lethal repercussions for the digitized consciousnesses (DCs) involved. 
===So what exactly is RS?===
Reentry Syndrome is an umbrella term for the collective consequences that come from Consciousness Digitalization (CD) and Digital Consciousness Transfer (DCT) procedures, including and not limited to post-transfer psychosis, consciousness death, and reintegration disorders. While there has been no true answer to why RS occurs, a few risk factors are agreed upon within the IMS. These risk factors boil down to sensory deprivation during digital storage (no simulated stimulation for the DC), incompatibility with the new host body (i.e. genetic and physical differences from the DC's original body), and time spent in digitization. 
Reentry Syndrome commonly manifests itself as brief bouts of disassociation following a Consciousness Transfer (colloquially referred to as a 'body hop'), but can quickly escalate to full psychosis that can become permanent if not treated. Should a digitized consciousness spend longer than six months before reintegration into a host body, the risk of post-entry psychosis increases dramatically. Also after the six-month mark, reintegration disorders become much more prevalent with RS, leading to loss of control over gross and fine motor functions, organ failure, and new development of psychological disorders such as schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder due to consciousness fragmentation, or even chronic disassociation. 
Should a serious case of Reentry Syndrome go without medical intervention, it can and will lead to complete consciousness death. Should the transferee not have a backup or emergency extraction protocol, this is considered lethal and irreversible. Following consciousness death, the host body is required by law in most GUN signatory nations to be euthanized due to brain death. 
===So what is being done about RS?===
A deluge of regulations have been put in place to protect the public following the discovery of Reentry Syndrome, including the famous '3 Months Law' requiring full-dive capsules to "kick" users back into their body after three months, as well as strict laws against full-dive devices severing the connection between a user's DC and their body. But while the majority of safeguards against RS are preventative, it's inevitable that cases will slip through the cracks. The IMS has approved a standard Reintegration Procedure to help body hoppers with RS not reject their new bodies and gain finer control over them, and the prescription drug Psilamine. 
In most cases, long-term Reintegration and continued usage of Psilamine can reduce and manage symptoms of RS, though there is no reliable permanent 'cure' as of writing. In emergency cases, intravenous injection of Psilamine can prevent certain consciousness death with a 78% success rate and buy time for proper treatment, however slim the chances of survival may be.
 Developing RS after a consciousness hop is designated as a life-threatening medical emergency by the IMS. Should you develop any symptoms resembling RS after a consciousness hop - legal or not - seek immediate medical help.
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