Xenopolycythemia

Xenopolycythemia was a rare blood disease, causing excessive proliferation of red blood cells in the Human body. The disease was always fatal within a year if not treated early. The cure, possessed by the Fabrini in the 23rd century, was extremely uncomfortable, and the drug had to be administered in small doses at specific intervals during the treatment period. When given in time, recovery was 100%.

In 2152, when Captain Archer was kidnapped and put on trial by the Klingon Empire, Doctor Phlox told them he had xenopolycythemia so that he could meet with him. To convince the guard to leave, Phlox described the disease as highly contagious, and said that they should have put Archer in quarantine. 

In the 2150s, a sample of this disease's pathogen was stored at Cold Station 12. 

Dr. McCoy developed xenopolycythemia in 2268, but Spock discovered a cure among the technological lore of the Fabrini. Nurse Chapel administered a hypospray with the new medication, and reported that his white corpuscle count was back to normal. Spock, after consulting his tricorder, added that "your hemoglobin count is back to normal, Doctor, which indicates that the flow of oxygen to each cell of your body is back up to its abundantly energetic level." .

Xenopolycytemia Xenopolicitemia 異種多血球血症