Editing Health

{{see also|Injury}}

[[Characters]], like [[colonist]]s, [[raider]]s, etc., can become [[Injury|injured]] (via the environment or fighting).  

Each injury affects a different part of the colonists' well being, and can be found under a character's '''Health''' tab.

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| - || | Neck<ref>Centipedes have no form of external communication. Scythers do have a neck though, and make some interesting sounds when incapacitated.</ref> || | No || | Yes || | No

| Kidneys, Liver || | - || | Yes || | No || | Yes

| - || | Fluid Reprocessor || | No || | Yes || | Yes

| Stomach || | - || | Yes || | No || | Yes

Sight is a capacity that contributes to stats including [[Shooting Accuracy|shooting accuracy]], [[Melee Hit Chance|melee hit chance]], and for colonists, nearly every work stat. Humans and animals have eyes, while [[scyther]]s and [[centipede]]s have functionally equivalent sight sensors. Losing an eye or sensor reduces sight by 50%. Humans aged 50 or older may develop cataracts which drastically reduces sight by 50%. An eye can be upgraded with a [[bionic eye]].

Hearing is a capacity that contributes to [[Trade Price Improvement|trade price improvement]]. Hearing is reduced by damaged, missing ears, or hearing loss.  Hearing can be improved past 100% with a [[bionic ear]], however no derived stat benefits from doing so.

Manipulation is a pawn's capacity to perform any task with their [[Body Parts#Hand|hands]]. It is an important factor in almost every task a colonist can perform.  

Anatomically, bipeds use their left and right arms for manipulation, and each side contributes its efficiency level to 50% of the manipulation stat. Total loss of a shoulder, arm, radius, humerus or hand will render that side totally useless and reduce the pawn's manipulation by 50%. Loss of a finger will result in about an 8% manipulation penalty per finger. For quadrupeds, manipulation is reduced by injury to their [[Body Parts#Jaw|jaw]] instead. For both, injury to the spine will also reduce manipulation.

Consciousness applies a 1 for 1 multiplier on manipulation, so anything that affects consciousness (pain, brain damage, diseases, drugs, joywires, etc.) will also increase or reduce manipulation by the same amount. Manipulation is also reduced by ailments including [[Injury#old age|bad back and frailty]]. Manipulation is modified by prosthetics including power claws, prosthetic arms, and bionic arms.

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Eating is the capacity of biological pawns to consume food and is a major factor of [[Eating Speed]]. It is reduced by a damaged jaw. Even when missing a jaw a pawn can still eat, though at a reduced rate. A damaged or missing jaw can be replaced with a [[Table of Human Body Parts#cite ref-2|denture]].

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== Health tab ==

For most injuries, you can treat [[colonist]]s with or without [[medicine]] (with typically better results if a medicinal substance is provided), and also have them lay in [[hospital bed]]s or any other bed or sleeping spot assigned as a medical spot, though Hospital Beds further improve the chance of them being treated properly.

Under the Health tab, you can assign an operation to a [[colonist]] by clicking on the bill sub-tab. Operations cannot be performed without a proper [[Medicine|Medkit]] to apply an anesthetic. Operation success chance depends highly on the doctor's skill level. Keep in mind that keeping the room as clean as possible (also optionally with the use of [[sterile tile]]s) will help preventing possible infection.  As of Alpha 16, there are three categories of surgery failure – minor, catastrophic, and ridiculous. Ridiculous hits all body parts, minor and catastrophic hit parts near the surgery site.

For missing [[Table of Human Body Parts|internal organs]], either a donor organ or an [[Artificial body parts#Body - Organs|artificial equivalent]] can be used. Some diseases can be cured through a transplant. [[Artery blockage]]s can be cured with a heart transplant and [[Ailments#Asthma|asthma]] can be cured with lung transplants. Be wary that your colonists may suffer [[Mood#Someone organ-harvested|mood penalties]] when you harvest an organ, with the "donor" will suffer a -30 mood penalty for over a week. See [[Human Resources]] for details and mitigation strategies.

From [[peg leg]]s to [[bionic arm]]s, you could either replace a colonists' missing limbs, augment them, or cruelly punish your [[Raider|enemies]] with peg legs out of spite.  

Bionic parts have a bonus to specific actions or movement. For example, a [[bionic leg]] will increase your colonist's [[Move Speed|moving speed]] by 12.5%. Having a second bionic leg will increase the speed further by 12.5%, so having both right and left bionic legs will increase the speed by 25%.

You can install implants onto a natural part to improve its functions.  

Implants are not mutually exclusive so you can have more than 1 per part.