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0001126Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Healthcarepublic2010-04-13 22:522020-02-26 19:20
ReporterBurnedToast 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
StatusconfirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.03 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
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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related to 0000697new  Invincible Dwarves with Speed-Heal 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-13 22:52BurnedToastNew Issue
2010-04-16 13:58Jiri PetruNote Added: 0003897
2010-06-26 06:49ReddIssue Monitored: Redd
2010-06-26 06:52ReddNote Added: 0009124
2010-06-26 13:35toybasherNote Added: 0009139
2010-06-26 13:45toybasherNote Edited: 0009139bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0009139#r3501
2010-07-20 14:16thvazNote Added: 0010743
2010-07-20 14:26thvazIssue Monitored: thvaz
2010-07-20 14:28smjjamesNote Added: 0010745
2010-07-20 15:18FootkerchiefNote Added: 0010749
2010-07-20 15:23FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000697
2010-07-20 17:31thvazNote Added: 0010753
2010-07-20 18:20FootkerchiefNote Added: 0010760
2010-07-20 18:20FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0010760bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0010760#r4175
2010-07-20 18:21FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0010760bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0010760#r4176
2010-07-20 18:31thvazNote Added: 0010761
2010-07-20 18:37FootkerchiefNote Added: 0010762
2010-07-20 18:42thvazNote Added: 0010763
2010-07-20 18:52thvazNote Added: 0010765
2010-07-21 00:22NetkevNote Added: 0010771
2010-07-21 00:22NetkevNote Edited: 0010771bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0010771#r4178
2010-07-21 08:38thvazNote Added: 0010781
2010-07-21 18:17thvazNote Edited: 0010781bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0010781#r4188
2010-07-25 14:12FootkerchiefSummaryTreated wounds don't fully heal => Treated wounds don't fully heal, doctors don't remove stuck-ins
2010-07-25 14:12FootkerchiefNote Added: 0011010
2010-07-29 05:35JimboOmegaNote Added: 0011238
2010-10-05 04:28endrinIssue Monitored: endrin
2014-08-19 20:35TalvienoNote Added: 0029340
2014-08-19 22:01TalvienoNote Edited: 0029340bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0029340#r11271
2014-08-20 06:13FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-08-20 06:13FootkerchiefStatusnew => confirmed
2020-02-26 19:20LociNote Added: 0040220
2020-02-26 21:54HuntthetrollIssue Monitored: Huntthetroll

Notes
(0003897)
Jiri Petru   
2010-04-16 13:58   
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.
(0009124)
Redd   
2010-06-26 06:52   
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.
(0009139)
toybasher   
2010-06-26 13:35   
(edited on: 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.
(0010743)
thvaz   
2010-07-20 14:16   
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.
(0010745)
smjjames   
2010-07-20 14:28   
@Toybasher: Unless modern medical techniques are applied, but even then, there may still be problems.
(0010749)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-20 15:18   
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?
(0010753)
thvaz   
2010-07-20 17:31   
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 hadn´t an artifact mood for at least five years, and few after he died I got one.
(0010760)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-20 18:20   
(edited on: 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?
(0010761)
thvaz   
2010-07-20 18:31   
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.
(0010762)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-20 18:37   
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?
(0010763)
thvaz   
2010-07-20 18:42   
to make it clearer: they were treated but never really healed. Maybe an issue with the skill of the doctor?
(0010765)
thvaz   
2010-07-20 18:52   
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.
(0010771)
Netkev   
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.
(0010781)
thvaz   
2010-07-21 08:38   
(edited on: 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?
(0011010)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-25 14:12   
A new report probably isn't needed, but a save might be helpful.
(0011238)
JimboOmega   
2010-07-29 05:35   
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.
(0029340)
Talvieno   
2014-08-19 20:35   
(edited on: 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 [^]
(0040220)
Loci   
2020-02-26 19:20   
v0.47.03: Doctors failed to remove a scimitar lodged in a dwarf's foot.