How can I tell what diseases I have?

Question

Related: Why do people look at me sometimes and make remarks that I should sleep, or that I look ill?

So I contract a disease, and people are telling me I look sick, but I don't know what disease I have or how it affects me. I don't see it anywhere under 'General Stats'.

How can I tell what disease I've contracted?

Answer

Basically, what you can do is go under the main menu, select the magic tab and click Active Effects. If you currently have a disease, the effects will show up here in red (connoting a negative effect). Here are the diseases that you can contract in Skyrim as per the Elder Scrolls Wiki:

Ataxia: Lockpicking & Pickpocket become 25% harder. This disease is contracted from traps and Skeevers.

Bone Break Fever: -25 Stamina. Contracted from Traps, Bears.

Brain Rot: -25 Magicka. Contracted from Traps, Hagraven

Dragonslayer's Blessing: +10% Critical Hit Chance against Dragons. Contracted during a blades Quest, and lasts 5 days.

Rattles: Stamina recovers 50% slower. Contracted from Traps and Chaurus

Rockjoint: 25% less effective with melee weapons. Contracted from Traps, Wolves and Foxes

Sanguinare Vampiris: -25% health, progresses to Vampirism. Contracted from Vampires

Witbane: Magicka recovers 50% slower. Contracted from Traps and Sabrecat.

Lycanthropy: Transformation into a Werewolf.

Check more discussion of this question.

loading..