[HPforGrownups] Wizard diseases and food...

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 12024

Scott wrote:

> Now I wanted to ask- Did we ever decide if the food which wizards eat
> is provided by muggle suppliers or wizarding ones?  If it is provided
> by muggle suppliers then what happens to wizards that eat foods that
> could possibly expose them to Mad Cow Disease or other such things.
> What do they do if food is under cooked and they are exposed to
> salmonella (sp?) etc.
>
> Are they able to heal such diseases instantly? What about Cancer?
> HIV/AIDS? Have they been able to eliminate them through magic?

Wizards, although long-lived, are apparently vulnerable to the aging
process and will eventually die. I imagine that there's diseases they
can't eradicate yet, as well. Their bodies function the same way ours
do--they are the same species, after all. If there is a "magic gene"
which accounts for their longevity, perhaps it gives them a greater
ability to resist disease; alternately, if it is simply the exposure to
magic over a long period of time which makes them live longer, that,
too, might affect how susceptible they are to disease. But they do get
diseases, which brings me to..

> Are there diseases and sicknesses that are unique to magic people?

Lycanthropy, werewolfism, springs to mind. Given one resounding yes, I'd
imagine there's more.

--Amanda


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