DayZ field wiki · Medical
The body
Sick, shock, a pill, a house
Short answer
Ponds, raw meat, a dirty rag, and a fog you walked into. Named sicknesses beat a vitamin guess.
Also: why am i sick · sickness
How it works
Cholera, salmonella, influenza, kuru, chemical. Shock drops you before blood does. Immunity is a buffer you don't see until it's gone.
What to do
Read the symptom, then the bottle. Charcoal is not tetra. A vitamin is not a bandage.
Don't
Don't invent cure timers or filter minutes.