Saturday Night Fever

Basics

Saturday Night Fever is a relatively rare disease that occurs in higher primates and other mammals. Characterised by sudden and abrupt changes in behaviour and vocal pitch, it was fairly common many decades ago, but is now considered close to extinct, though traces of this ailment still crop up from time to time.

Named after the unusual way the disease only appears on Saturday nights, no known cure has been found for this mysterious illness. It was first discovered and named by genetic pathologist John Travolta in 1977, after a spate of unknown deaths in North America.

Symptoms

Patients who contract Saturday Night Fever suffer mainly from the afore-mentioned changes in behaviour and raised vocal pitches, though other symptoms do appear under certain conditions. A rise in body temperature also usually accompanies these symptoms, with patients having reported internal body temperatures of up to 67 degrees Celsius.

The behavioural changes that were previously mentioned usually menifest themselves in the form of the tendency to wear tight leather attire and to maintain vast bushes of hair.

Treatment

Unfortunately, Saturday Night Fever is untreatable, with many of the individuals suffering from it collapsing into uncontrollable mental dysfunction within a short period of time. Medical practitioners have, however, found that a lobotomy can often prolong a patient's life expectancy by a significant amount of time, though the patient(s) would obviously have to remain incapacitated for the remainder of their life.