DISEASES OF THE BLOODSTREAM
Cyanosis develops in the epidermal layer as the death of portions of the body results from a lack of oxygen flow in the blood, and the body turns black with the appearance of frostbite. Emphysema and Smallpox boils appear at the surface of the host’s skin as air channels open in arteries from open lesions and cracks in the lungs. These air channels allow air to escape the lungs and form pockets under the skin, where viruses produce new vesicles. Phage viruses may travel through these oxygen fissures and burst from Smallpox sores when the host is near death. When these pockets burst, the skin rips open, exposing others to external infection. pycnogonids burst from infected persons and shed virus proteins from within.