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Creating a plausible Wendigo fever

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It is believed that Wendigos are supernatural beings with an insatiable hunger for human flesh, or humans who are selfish and commit cannibalism and while the latter is more accurate, Wendigo fever is actually disease which originated in the New World which infects people who eat tainted meat. Some symptoms of Wendigo fever in chronological order are:

  • victims start having nightmares
  • victims body temperature starts to go up
  • victims start to develop albinism
  • fat deposits are burned though making the victim have to eat constantly
  • the victim experiences a near constant flow of adrenaline
  • pain receptors start to go numb
  • parts of the brain that control empathy go numb
  • victims begin to have a craving for human flesh (but will eat other meats if no humans are near by)

Given these traits how realistic is this? What type of disease would it likely be, and how would it spread?

NOTE: magic does not exist in my story

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