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Habitats: Level -66, Level 30


Description:

The Hairworms are Brain-controlling Parasites that can be found in levels that contains huge amounts of water and Aquatic levels such as Level 30. The Hairworms can enter into the Human Body through The Bald point in the upper part of our heads or Through severe wounds. Once the Parasite has entered into the Human Body, The body will start to show various Symptoms which will be explained in the Effects Thread. Which will eventually lead to their death in a very painful way. It was seen that the Parasite cant survive outside of water for long. And their mobility decreases greatly when they are out of water. Hairworms can be killed by stomping on them or with fire.

Effects:

Stage 1

10-30 Minutes after the parasite enters into the body, The first symptoms starts to show up. Firstly, a mild headache begins. If the Worm has entered through a Wound, the surrounding area of the wound will get reddier and inflate.

Stage 2

At this stage, The Parasite breaks through the Blood-Brain/Skull-Brain barrier and enters into the brain. Muscle Spams starts to happen and the wanderer slowly starts to lose the control over their muscles. The Brain inflates to encounter the Parasite which causes sensitivity towards light, slower reactions and severe headache. Cysts starts to form all over the body. The parasite orders thesalivary glands to increase the production of the saliva. The larvas of the Parasite starts to spread around the body. Includong organs and body waters. This stage lasts between 30m-6 hours after the Parasite enters into the body.

Stage 3

At this stage, The personality of the wanderer starts to break down. The body turns into a capcule for the Parasite. The Wanderer Screams violently before losing all of their memories and mind. After that, a desire to reach to water grows. The body mindlessly wanders around looking for a spot for the parasites to go out. At this stage, the wanderers are extremely violent and agressive. Cypts explodes and unleashes thousands of larvas. They also spit out saliva filled with larvas of the Worm. When the body finds a safe spot for the worm to go out, the Worms goes out by the bald point in the upper part of the human head while the person drowns. And then the cycle repeats.

Treatment:

The person can only be saved while they are in Stage 1. And the only way to do so is to pull the worm back and kill it before it starts leashing larvas. DONT try to save someone if they are in Stage 2 or Stage 3. Because there is a very high chance that you can get infected by the Parasite.

Do and Dont's

Do:

Avoid interaction with one at all costs.

Dont:

Try to treat someone when they are in Stage 2 or 3

Sleep in a area that is infected by the Parasite

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