Symptoms
Symptoms will occur within 2-6 days after being infected. Once infected, bacteria begin to accumulate in the lymph nodes. These enlarged, tender lymph nodes called buboes, can occur in the neck, groin, or armpits and can be 1-10 cm in size and are found in 70% of victims.
Symptoms include:
> Fever
> Headache
> Chills
> Nausea
> Abdominal pain
> Diarrhea (bloody)
> Decreased appetite
> Tiny broken blood vessels (petechiae)
One in seven cases are fatal and if the disease remains untreated, it can result in death. The middle picture above shows four pictures of sores and discoloration that can appear on the skin.
Symptoms include:
> Fever
> Headache
> Chills
> Nausea
> Abdominal pain
> Diarrhea (bloody)
> Decreased appetite
> Tiny broken blood vessels (petechiae)
One in seven cases are fatal and if the disease remains untreated, it can result in death. The middle picture above shows four pictures of sores and discoloration that can appear on the skin.
Diagnosis
_ Doctors
diagnose the plague with many different tests. If the infection is days
old, diagnosis can be determined by obvious, visible symptoms. In the
disease early stage, a physical exam of the skin and lungs can be used.
Other tests, such as blood work, saliva tests, or taking lymph node
fluid samples, are used as well. If you have the disease, doctors would
want to know where you could have contracted it. They may ask about:
medications you are taking, medical conditions, recent travel history,
and history of possible exposure to infected rodents, rabbits, or fleas.
The pictures on the left and right show what a Plague doctor would have
looked like in Europe in the 1300s. People feared seeing doctors
dressed this way because that would mean that the Plague could be in the
area.