Type: Medical
Rank: S rank
Range: Short
Chakra: 40
Damage: N/A
Description: Pituitary Aberration is a technique that, as its name suggests, disrupts the normal workings of the Pituitary gland. The Pituitary gland is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea and weighing 0.5 grams in humans. It is a protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain. The Pituitary, although insignificant in size, has a very significant part in the bodily processes. The Pituitary is an important gland in the body, so much that it's often referred to as the master gland. It controls several of the other hormone glands (e.g. adrenals, thyroid). It is often considered the most important part of the endocrine system because it produces hormones that control many functions of other endocrine glands. Some of the relevant hormones for this technique, that are secreted from the Pituitary help control blood pressure and metabolism as well as some aspects of water and salt balance of the kidneys, temperature regulation and pain relief. When the Pituitary is thrown out of its normal routine, a lot of the aforementioned body processes can go haywire. Depending on the effects that the user wants to achieve, he can disrupt the Pituitary and how it controls the aforementioned aspects of the body. If the user decides to influence the Pituitary and its control over the opponents blood pressure, he could raise it or lower it, causing the opponent to feel lightheaded in both cases. If the user pushes the opponent to the extreme, by either lowering or raising his blood pressure, after 3 turns of irregular blood pressure, the opponent would faint. If the user decides to influence the Pituitary and its control over the opponents metabolism, he could stop the opponents body from properly metabolizing. This means that he could stop the life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of his body, which prevents conversion of food/fuel to energy to run cellular processes. This in turn, makes the opponent fatigued and drowsy, with blurry vision, tingling or numbness in his hands or feet and dry, itchy skin. If the opponents metabolism is disrupted for 3 turns, he will be unable to move because the cells that make up his body, won't have the required energy/fuel to run their cellular processes. If the user decides to mess with the salt and water balance within the opponents kidneys, he can prevent the cells of the opponents body to remove the toxic waste that they produce. Each cell in our body is effectively a bag of chemicals contained in a partially permeable membrane. Water and small particles such as some mineral ions can pass in and out of the membrane freely down concentration gradients. However many chemicals such as glucose, amino acids and proteins cannot pass through the membrane at all because they are too big. By controlling the Pituitary to tell the kidneys that there is too much water in the opponents body, which will, in fact, remove the water, dehydrating the body and forcing the cells in the body to slowly die off due to the lack of water to remove the toxic waste from the cells. Due to the accumulation of the toxic waste and the dead cells for 3 turns, the opponent would develop myopathy which is a form of tissue death also known as necrosis. One of the most important, and certainly most potent abilities of this technique is to control the temperature of the opponents body by affecting his Pituitary. With this application, the user can make the opponent feel, either, hypothermia or hyperthermia. Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below 35.0 °C. In mild hypothermia there is shivering and mental confusion. In moderate hypothermia shivering becomes more violent. Muscle mis-coordination becomes apparent. Movements are slow and labored, accompanied by a stumbling pace and mild confusion, although the person may appear alert. Surface blood vessels contract further as the body focuses its remaining resources on keeping the vital organs warm. The subject becomes pale. Lips, ears, fingers, and toes may become blue. In severe hypothermia there is difficulty speaking, sluggish thinking, and amnesia. Inability to use hands and stumbling are also usually present. Cellular metabolic processes shut down. Muscle coordination becomes very poor, and walking almost impossible, and the person exhibits incoherent/irrational behavior. Hyperthermia, on the other hand, is elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation that occurs when a body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates. Hyperthermia is very dangerous and in extreme cases it results in death. An early stage of hyperthermia can be apparent as heat exhaustion, whose symptoms include heavy sweating, rapid breathing and a fast, weak pulse. If the condition progresses to the stage of a heat stroke, then hot, dry, skin is typical as blood vessels dilate in an attempt to increase heat loss. An inability to cool the body through perspiration may cause the skin to feel dry. Accompanying dehydration can produce nausea, vomiting, headaches, and low blood pressure and the latter can lead to fainting or dizziness. In the stage of severe heat stroke, there may be confused, hostile, or seemingly intoxicated behavior. Heart rate and respiration rate will increase, as blood pressure drops and the heart attempts to maintain adequate circulation. Eventually, organ failure, unconsciousness and death will result. It takes 3 turns to achieve these effects, 1 turn per each stage of severity. If the user decides to mess with the pain relief aspect within the control of the Pituitary, the user can force the opponent to feel pain for very prolonged times at an increased rate. Even small injuries would be felt more intensely and longer than usual, spanning over a course of 3 turns. Due to that fact, the pain can be stacked through a period of time (eg. if the user is rapidly being hit), thus making the opponent feel immeasurable amounts of pain. While under this effect, the opponent would feel the double damage of a hit for the whole period of 3 turns. For example, if the opponent is hit with a C rank taijutsu technique, he would feel as if he was hit with a B rank taijutsu technique. Furthermore, he would feel that damage for 3 turns. Due to the intricate effects of the technique and the immense and precise control they excrete over the Pituitary, the technique can only performed through physical contact. Once the contact is made, the user will release great amounts of medical chakra into the opponents body and will it to nest itself within the opponents Pituitary. From there on, the user has control over the opponents Pituitary for 5 turns and no further contact is required. If the user decides to perform techniques that require chakra, he has to drop focus of this technique, but he can easily assume control afterwards, although at a cost of a move per turn. Once the control of the opponents Pituitary is completely lost, the opponents body turns normal within the next 2 turns.
Note: Can only be used once per battle
Note: Only McRazor can teach this
Note: Takes a full turn before Necrosis fully sets in on an area of the body