Consumption

Consumption, also known as tuberculosis, was a dangerous and potentially deadly non-magical disease that was present on Toril.
==Effects==
Consumption caused the infected individual to waste away, gradually "consuming" their vitality until they expired. It might also cause symptoms such as sudden weight-loss and vomiting. The disease was regarded as one of the most dangerous mundane diseases, more than even smallpox or spotted fever.
==Treatment==
Attention from a caregiver or herbalist might slow the progression of consumption. It was said that burdock could be used as a treatment.
==History==
Gwynneth, leader of the first human settlers of the Moonshae Isles, died of consumption in the .
In the , seven followers of Talona led by Tessurch Quorl Vemmil unleashed a virulent form of consumption in the city of Keczulla, Amn. This plague killed many citizens, and was intended to undermine the authority of Meisarch Thayze Selemchant, the leader of the Council of Six. However, their plans were intercepted, and while the outbreak was allowed to happen by the Meisarch's spies, the perpetrators were revealed to the public. An angry mob then killed them and destroyed their bodies beyond recognition.
In the , there was an outbreak of Dream Fever in Daggerdale, a magical illness that caused consumption in its victims.
Following the events of the Spellplague in the , exposure to the plaguelands of Halruaa could cause a magical variant of the disease known as Halruaan consumption.
==Rumors & Legends==
Among death priests who worshiped gods of pestilence—sometimes called "plague priests"—consumption was said to flow from the very breath of their toxic deities.
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