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Untreated or unsuccessfully treated, Boren's can be fatal or debilitating. While some | Untreated or unsuccessfully treated, Boren's can be fatal or debilitating. While some direct effects, such as migraines, can be managed with medication, the side effects of chemotherapy to drive tumors into remission can be extremely difficult to deal with. Personal independence and quality and length of life can be curtailed by illness or amnesia. | ||
The condition has an unexpected, beneficial side effect-- total immunity from [[Flood]] infection. Boren's Syndrome alters the neural synapses of its victims in a way that makes them too unstable for an [[Infection Form]] to manipulate or control. Any attempt by an Infection form to latch onto the central nervous system of such a host would in effect receive a "dead signal," much as a computer with a damaged Internet connection could not be hacked into, although internally it may be functional. | The condition has an unexpected, beneficial side effect-- total immunity from [[Flood]] infection. Boren's Syndrome alters the neural synapses of its victims in a way that makes them too unstable for an [[Infection Form]] to manipulate or control. Any attempt by an Infection form to latch onto the central nervous system of such a host would in effect receive a "dead signal," much as a computer with a damaged Internet connection could not be hacked into, although internally it may be functional. | ||