Augmentation syndrome

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## Augmentation sensitivity and psychosomatic rejection syndrome

### Other names

ASPRS
Paliakov's syndrome
Augmentation syndrome
Augsickness (colloquially)
Cyberpsychosis (for Type A and B)

### Specialty

Prosthesiology, neurology, immunology, psychiatry

### Symptoms

Varies depending on type; not all symptoms may be present within type

**Type A:** Psychosis, dementia, headache, social and/or emotional detachment, amnesia, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, derealization, depersonalization

**Type B:** Psychosis, headache, pain at or around site of augmentation connection, numbness, depression, anxiety, augmentation failure

**Type C:** Malaise, pain at or around site of augmentation connection, numbness, nausea, fever, rash

**Type D:** Any or all of the above

### Complications

Suicide, self harm, aggressive behaviors (particularly homicide)

### Usual onset

1-2 weeks following heavy augmentation of the human body (standard timeframe)

### Duration

Often lasts until deaugmentation is done; can sometimes persist indefinitely

### Types

**Type A**: Psychological abnormalities resulting from a non-physical source
**Type B**: Psychological abnormalities resulting from a physical (neurological) source
**Type C**: Immunological symptoms
**Type D**: Multivariant symptoms

### Causes

Cybernetic and biological augmentations; particularly those that interface with the nervous system

### Risk factors

Genetic proclivity to sensitivity, large amounts of augmentations, compromised immune systems, prior abnormal mental state

### Diagnostic method

Psychiatric interview, augmentation diagnostic data, observation, blood testing

### Prevention

Augmentation addiction and installation management

### Treatment

Immunosuppressant administration, cognitive therapy, neuropacification therapy, corrective installation surgery (if applicable)

### Medication

Immunosuppressants (Lymphoxan), nanomachines (for neurogenesis, immune reaction modulation, etc.)

**Augmentation sensitivity and psychosomatic rejection syndrome** ( **Abbr.**  ***ASPRS***), also known as **Paliakov's syndrome, augmentation syndrome**, or **augsickness,** is a medical disorder that can manifest in clusters of related symptoms relating to neurological or immunological pathologies; this is as a result of augmentations. ASPRS was discovered by notable prosthesiologist Dr. Vladimir Paliakov in 2127 following the start of the consumer augmentation market across the Coalition of Congressional Republics, with Paliakov noting how the human body's sensitivity and rejection of augmentations almost always manifested in three "types": purely psychological, psychological with a neurological origin as a result of some physical phenomenon, and immunological (with some cases of augmentation syndrome having two or all three of such types present). These three types all carried mostly consistent symptoms throughout related cases, and was subsequently classified as an official medical disorder by the Coalition Department of Health and Welfare in 2129.

Augmentation syndrome has four official types: *psychological* (**Type A**), *neurological* (**Type B**), *immunological* (**Type C**), and *multispecialized* (**Type D**) that can carry the traits and symptoms of two or all three of the previous types. Type A's etiology is postulated to occur as a result of mental dyssynchrony between the augmentation and the patient's personalities and values or mind-state, whereas type B's etiology is through a dyssynchrony between the augmentation and that of the patient's nervous system. Type C etiology is proven to occur when the augmentation is rejected by the body, and it is presumed that type D arises as a result of a high degree of bodily rejection to the augmentation that manifests in several different medical areas.

Type A, type B, and type D are also collectively called **cyberpsychosis** due to the mental issues present in these types as a result of (often cybernetic) augmentations. Those who are afflicted with these types of augmentation syndrome are thus colloquially known as **cyberpsycho(es).** Officially, they are referred to as **psychotic augmetics** suffering from **augmetic psychosis** manifestations of augmentation syndrome.