Black+Death

The Bubonic Plague was one of the fastest spreading and most deadly diseases ever seen. It all started in 1348 in Italy all of a sudden dozens and dozens just started dying all of a sudden. The disease started spreading like a wild fire within a year half of Europe's population died.

Early Symptoms
enlarged lymph nodes under the armpits, in the neck, or in the groin, ranging in size from 1 to 10 cm
 * Fever
 * Headache
 * Chills
 * Nausea
 * Vomiting

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 * Abdominal pain Diarrhea, which may be bloody
 * Decreased appetite
 * Tiny broken blood vessels

Later Symptoms include

 * Chills
 * Fever
 * Severe headache
 * Rapid heart rate
 * Nausea
 * Vomiting
 * Delirium
 * Death.

Types of the bacteria

 * bubonic: In bubonic plague, which is the most common form, bacteria infect the lymph system and they become inflamed. The lymph system is a major component of your body's immune system. The organs within the lymphatic system are the tonsils, adenoids, spleen, and thymus.
 * septicemic: This form of plague occurs when the bacteria multiply in the blood.
 * pneumonic:This is the most serious form of plague and occurs when bacteria infects the lungs, this type is actually has the highest death rate.

How the Plague is spread
The plague was spread by the fleas biting the mice. Then the fleas would infect the mice causing them to die.Then when they died the fleas would look for a new host which was sometimes a human.

Now of days we have a vaccine for the plague however the bacteria has to be treated very early.

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