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0001126Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Healthcarepublic2020-02-26 19:20
ReporterBurnedToast Assigned Touser6 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.31.03 
Summary0001126: Treated wounds don't fully heal, doctors don't remove stuck-ins
DescriptionSo some of my dwarves had bad things happen to them, they went to the hospital and got fixed up (and everything seemed to work fine). However, some of them are never actually healing fully.

For example, one is a child who had a broken shoulder, wrist, and had his throat strangled for a while. 3 years later his shoulder/wrist are still yellow, his throat is brown, and he's still got the sutures in (though the splints and dressings are gone).

Another is a soldier who took a goblin axe to the leg. He got stitched up and a splint put on - 5 years later he's still walking with the splint and a yellow leg (though the sutures and dressing are gone). He's even got some variation of 'heals extremely fast', but obviously not.
Steps To Reproducemangle some dwarves
treat them
watch some never heal all the way
Additional Informationskin injuries in particular never seem to heal no matter what. I've got several soldiers with brown injuries which are listed like:

right foot, skin
---
throat, skin
---
left cheek, skin
---
right cheek, skin

In many of the cases, even though the wounds have not actually healed the preferences screen lists some wicked scars.
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Jiri Petru

2010-04-16 13:58

reporter   ~0003897

Seconding this one. I've actually never seen a treated injury heal. It either doesn't need a treatment and heals itself, or it gets treated and never heals.

Redd

2010-06-26 06:52

reporter   ~0009124

Treated injuries lasting 3 years and running so far. Sutures are still in, affected areas still showing yellow on the wounds screen. Broken nose not treated at all and still red after 3 years. The dwarves are up and about, just not healing.

toybasher

2010-06-26 13:35

reporter   ~0009139

Last edited: 2010-06-26 13:45

Not really a glitch, check the dwarfs description screen, it should list scars on those yellow and brown body parts.

And scars count as wounds somewhat, a serious muscle wound will scar over to yellow (inhibited) while a small skin wound will heal up to brown (minor)

I guess this a feature or something as I doubt a seriously broken bone will heal up COMPLETELY without function loss even with medical treatment.

thvaz

2010-07-20 14:16

reporter   ~0010743

well, this happens with my militia commander..he was ok for a few years despite the red wounds, running around killing things, then he started to show his status as pale - There is no infection listed, no bloddloss, and nothing in the combat logs. I think there may be a serious bug in course.

smjjames

2010-07-20 14:28

reporter   ~0010745

@Toybasher: Unless modern medical techniques are applied, but even then, there may still be problems.

user6

2010-07-20 15:18

  ~0010749

well, this happens with my militia commander..he was ok for a few years despite the red wounds, running around killing things, then he started to show his status as pale - There is no infection listed, no bloddloss, and nothing in the combat logs. I think there may be a serious bug in course.

He might have gotten a training wound, did you check his wounds screen and his sparring log?

thvaz

2010-07-20 17:31

reporter   ~0010753

yes, like I said nothing in the logs. He hadnt a wound for two years. He endf succumbing from infection, but there was none in his health screen or in the health overview. Strangely, I hadnĀ“t an artifact mood for at least five years, and few after he died I got one.

user6

2010-07-20 18:20

  ~0010760

Last edited: 2010-07-20 18:21

yes, like I said nothing in the logs.

You said there was nothing in his combat log. I asked about the sparring log because they're two different things.

He hadnt a wound for two years. He endf succumbing from infection, but there was none in his health screen or in the health overview.

Wounds don't show up in the medical screens until a doctor diagnoses them. Did you check his v -> Wounds screen and his personal description?

thvaz

2010-07-20 18:31

reporter   ~0010761

there was no sparring logs. And yes, I checked every screen. He was wounded, but these wounds were treated, and nowhere showed he got an infection.

user6

2010-07-20 18:37

  ~0010762

I think it counts as "showed he got an infection" when infection showed up as the cause of death. Do you have a save from before he died?

thvaz

2010-07-20 18:42

reporter   ~0010763

to make it clearer: they were treated but never really healed. Maybe an issue with the skill of the doctor?

thvaz

2010-07-20 18:52

reporter   ~0010765

I cant upload a save, Im posting from my mobile. I hope at least to show there are still serious issues with the health care. Just now I noticed the doctors arent removing stuck in bolts and arrows. The wound remain open even after treated.

Ok. Checked the save. My militia commander had stuck in bolts too. But still no signal of an infection apart the pale status.

Netkev

2010-07-21 00:22

reporter   ~0010771

Last edited: 2010-07-21 00:22

An infection has no other signs. They will turn pale and look as if they are dying from regular blood loss, but when they die it will show as an infection.

I had this happen to a dwarf, he had all the wounds and wasn't getting any treatment, i thought it was a bug and that my doctors were bastards but it turned out he died from an infection, not hemorrhaging.

thvaz

2010-07-21 08:38

reporter   ~0010781

Last edited: 2010-07-21 18:17

So the infection just show in the health screen if a doctor diagnosed the dwarf. Anyway, I still think there is a bug, at least related with stuck in bolts that aren't removed.
Edit:if you unforbid the stuck bolts and design it to dump, a dwarf will take it from the wounded.though it will wound it a bit further, he will then start to heal the wounded. Should I open a new report?

user6

2010-07-25 14:12

  ~0011010

A new report probably isn't needed, but a save might be helpful.

JimboOmega

2010-07-29 05:35

reporter   ~0011238

I have several dwarves who have spent most of their fortress lives in the hospital. They won't receive treatment for multiple red wounds, and often alternate between being infected and not. It seems like once an infection sets in, the dwarf is doomed to the condition forever, regardless of whether or not he overcomes the infection.

With casting impossible without jumping through major hoops, this happens fairly often =\. Not sure if it's a stuck in issue - I may make a separate bug report later.

Talvieno

2014-08-19 20:35

manager   ~0029340

Last edited: 2014-08-19 22:01

This still exists. I have a fortress in the current version with the problem, actually, and will upload soon. Doctors can't remove stuck-in bolts.

Edit: Here's the save. https://www.dropbox.com/s/z2xhzliq2uifs81/gear2.zip

Loci

2020-02-26 19:20

viewer   ~0040220

v0.47.03: Doctors failed to remove a scimitar lodged in a dwarf's foot.

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-04-13 22:52 BurnedToast New Issue
2010-04-16 13:58 Jiri Petru Note Added: 0003897
2010-06-26 06:52 Redd Note Added: 0009124
2010-06-26 13:35 toybasher Note Added: 0009139
2010-06-26 13:45 toybasher Note Edited: 0009139
2010-07-20 14:16 thvaz Note Added: 0010743
2010-07-20 14:28 smjjames Note Added: 0010745
2010-07-20 15:18 user6 Note Added: 0010749
2010-07-20 15:23 user6 Relationship added related to 0000697
2010-07-20 17:31 thvaz Note Added: 0010753
2010-07-20 18:20 user6 Note Added: 0010760
2010-07-20 18:20 user6 Note Edited: 0010760
2010-07-20 18:21 user6 Note Edited: 0010760
2010-07-20 18:31 thvaz Note Added: 0010761
2010-07-20 18:37 user6 Note Added: 0010762
2010-07-20 18:42 thvaz Note Added: 0010763
2010-07-20 18:52 thvaz Note Added: 0010765
2010-07-21 00:22 Netkev Note Added: 0010771
2010-07-21 00:22 Netkev Note Edited: 0010771
2010-07-21 08:38 thvaz Note Added: 0010781
2010-07-21 18:17 thvaz Note Edited: 0010781
2010-07-25 14:12 user6 Summary Treated wounds don't fully heal => Treated wounds don't fully heal, doctors don't remove stuck-ins
2010-07-25 14:12 user6 Note Added: 0011010
2010-07-29 05:35 JimboOmega Note Added: 0011238
2014-08-19 20:35 Talvieno Note Added: 0029340
2014-08-19 22:01 Talvieno Note Edited: 0029340
2014-08-20 06:13 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-08-20 06:13 user6 Status new => confirmed
2020-02-26 19:20 Loci Note Added: 0040220