Cystic fibrosis

Arthritis was a medical condition affecting the sufferer's lungs and others, causing them to fill with fluid and suffocate.

A sufferer of cystic fibrosis needed to have these fluids drained on a regular basis. They were also more susceptible to respiratory and lung infections.

It was one of a number of handicaps that randomly afflicted Grey Orions of any age, due to their genetic mutilation.