Diseases

In BitLife, the player can get diseases. When the player gets a disease, they will steadily lose health. The amount depends on the disease they get. The game will give a pop-up of any diseases or ailments a character has when they contract it. If your character only currently has ongoing diseases, they can be seen by tapping the character's emoji to see which diseases they still have. Diseases could disappear on their own after aging a year if they are not serious. Diseases are usually treated by doctors. If a player goes to a doctor, they will find the ailment the player is currently suffering from. They also have the choice to treat it. However, this may not work depending on the disease. If a character consults a medical doctor, they will have to pay extra on a consultation fee and if they continue to suffer despite the treatment, it will say so. When your character is under 18, their parents will pay for consultations and treatments and the character will only be able to visit the medical doctor; alternative doctors, psychiatrist, and the witch doctor are only for adults. Following the School update, the school nurse may treat minor diseases and ailments for free but will not fully cure most of them. Following the Office update, the minimum age to go to the doctor and visit the emergency room was raised from 0 to 4 however a character can get sick before age 4. Following the Mind and Body update, the character might experience symptoms when having a disease, along with a bar showing their level of concern. They may surf the internet for symptoms but could be misled by unreliable sources. There is a *Disease* section in Achievements. The *Sickly* achievement can be earned if a character gets 10 different diseases in a lifetime. In June 2020, erectile dysfunction (males), vaginal dryness (females) and hemorrhoids can be contracted if a character trolls BitLifeApp on social media or curses the BitLife Devs.

## Viral/bacterial illness

Some illnesses are caused by luck. Examples of these are the common cold, the flu, pneumonia, tonsillitis, bronchitis, and some STDs. The player can't influence the chance of getting these diseases. Some are harmless but need to be taken seriously, otherwise they may lead to death. Some of these can be influenced, such as diarrhea or food poisoning, which is a reaction the player can get when trying an exotic food in the scenario.

## Infancy/childhood conditions

Some illnesses and conditions only occur when your character is a baby or child. These include croup, chicken pox, mumps, and measles. These are easily treated and will not affect teenage or adult life. Kids can also be diagnosed with lactose intolerance, which is hard to cure but will not affect their health. Kids entering puberty may be diagnosed with acne but it goes away. Some childhood diseases can be easily treated but are dangerous enough to kill your character if untreated. These diseases are measles, whooping cough, or scarlet fever, and dying from these will get the *Unlucky* ribbon. Some of these can be contracted as a child and can also be contracted as an adult.

## Tingly illnesses/STDs

Some illnesses are caught by actions like one night stands and encounters. These diseases can also spread to other people. This can trigger the player's spouse to get the disease the player had after they make love, causing an argument. Examples include gonorrhea, genital herpes, HIV, chlamydia, and hepatitis B. Having many of these and not curing them will get them the Wicked ribbon. Dying of HIV when your character is under 30 and had very few one-night stands could give them the Unlucky ribbon instead. If you get an STD via solicitation from a sexual encounter a lover may argue with you for giving them the STD although you technically never gave them the STD.

## Emotional illness

Some illnesses are caused psychologically. Examples are depression (associated with happiness) and anxiety. These can be hard to cure by a medical doctor, but it is possible. However, actions can treat these diseases, like raising the happiness bar. Boosts can easily cancel out some emotional illnesses.
Characters can suffer depression or anxiety after having their happiness go to zero. When depressed or anxious, happiness is harder to go up and the character will have to get it very high to be cured of it. If the character is an adult, it cannot be treated by the medical doctor but can be treated by psychiatrist or even witch doctor in rare cases. If the character is a juvenile, they may have a possibility of having it cured by the medical doctor, since they cannot visit other doctors and cannot vacation on their own. Other lesser-common mental illnesses seen in the game are schizophrenia, anorexia, bulimia, bipolar disorder and post-traumatic-stress disorder, the latter only affecting deployed military characters. Schizophrenia and PTSD can also occur after paranormal activity in Haunted houses, just like high blood pressure. Even a massive heart attack can happen and will lead to death.

## Physical Ailments

Some ailments are not illnesses, but should be treated by doctors. Examples include migraines, gout, hives, and itchy bottom. Many of these can be healed by alternative doctors. Some can be contracted by going to the gym, such as athlete's foot and ringworm. These illnesses often result from poor health. However, they may also occur at random. Most of these happen when aging up and if your character is in prison, it is likely they could get one if imprisoned for too long.

## Deadly diseases

Examples include appendicitis, hepatitis C, esophageal cancer, sickle cell disease, heart disease, some cancers, bubonic plague, epilepsy, rabies, and coronavirus. These are hard to cure and treatments will often be ineffective at curing but may help a character live longer and improve their health a little. Dying from one of these illnesses when your character is very young (under the age of 30) will get them the Unlucky ribbon.

## Aging-related conditions

Some illnesses and ailments occur when a character is old and usually older than 65 years old; such as hair loss, hearing loss, dementia, and sometimes deadly diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Some of these conditions happen right before getting old and some of those are gender-specific such as menopause and erectile dysfunction. Hair loss is more likely to be experienced by male characters and can happen before age 65. Many of these are hard to treat.

## Odd illnesses/ailments

Characters may also have strange mental conditions such as walking corpse syndrome, alien hand syndrome, fish odor syndrome, sexsomnia, werewolf syndrome, and a few others. Those conditions appear randomly in the game and have no direct cause although these occur most often when a character is lazy and doesn't do much in life other than aging up. Other cases include gender dysphoria which can appear at random; unlike all other diseases, there is no way to cure gender dysphoria through normal means as none of the doctors and nurses can classify gender dysphoria as a disease, and over time, your character will be constantly feeling about their gender being incorrect as you age up.

## Pets getting ill

It is also possible for pets to fall ill. The only way to find out if a pet is ill is to read the character bio carefully. Sometimes, it will mention the pet acting atypically, such as not eating, having wobbly legs, or being lethargic, etc. Usually the vet can treat illnesses, but sometimes, the pet can have an untreatable illness, such as rabies. In this case, the vet will encourage the player to euthanize the pet. If the player refuses to euthanize the pet, they might contract rabies and get the achievement. Pets who are old, with low health, and multiple diseases can also be euthanized if the vet determines they are in too much pain. Pets may heal from these diseases and conditions on their own if it says that the pet is acting normal again or has more energy.

## List of Symptoms in BitLife

Note: Some Symptom names are different in wiki than in-game

## List of diseases and ailments in BitLife

* AIDS
* Alien Hand Syndrome
* Alzheimer’s Disease
* Anxiety
* Appendicitis
* Asthma
* Athlete's Foot
* Bacterial Vaginosis
* Bowel Incontinence
* Bowel Polyps
* Bronchitis
* Bubonic Plague
* Bunions
* Bulimia
* Bipolar Disorder
* Cancer
* Chicken Pox
* Chlamydia
* Cold Sores
* Common Cold
* Constipation
* Coronavirus
* Croup
* Dementia
* Depression
* Diabetes
* Diarrhea
* E. coli
* Ebola
* Epilepsy
* Erectile Dysfunction
* Fibromyalgia
* Fish Odor Syndrome
* Flatulence
* Flu
* Food Poisoning
* Foreign Accent Syndrome
* Gender dysphoria
* Genital Herpes
* Gonorrhea
* Gout
* Gynecomastia
* Hair Loss
* Hay Fever (Allergies)
* Hearing Loss
* Heart Disease
* Hemorrhoids
* Hepatitis A
* Hepatitis B
* Hepatitis C
* High Blood Pressure - To cure, keep going to acupuncturist.
* Hives
* HIV
* Insomnia
* Itchy Bottom
* Kidney Stones
* Lactose Intolerance
* Laryngitis
* Leukemia
* Lice
* Lupus
* Lyme Disease
* Mad Cow Disease
* Malaria
* Malnutrition (Diets only)
* Massive Heart Attack (immediately deadly, notification only if frightened by Ghosts, happens suddenly without notification if first diagnosed with High Blood Pressure)
* Measles
* Menopause
* Middle Ear Infection
* Migraines
* Multiple Sclerosis
* Mumps
* Narcolepsy
* Parkinson's Disease
* Pica
* Pink eye
* Pneumonia
* Psoriasis
* PTSD (military and haunted houses only)
* Rabies
* Restless Leg Syndrome
* Ringworm
* Scabies
* Scarlet Fever
* Schizophrenia
* Sexsomnia
* Shingles
* Sickle Cell Disease
* Sleep Apnea
* Smallpox (Relatives Only, rarest disease)
* Staph Infection
* Swine Flu
* Syphilis
* Tonsillitis
* Tuberculosis
* Typhoid Fever (Relatives Only)
* Ulcers
* Vaginal Dryness
* Viral Meningitis
* Walking Corpse Syndrome
* Werewolf Syndrome
* Whooping Cough
* Yellow Fever