what are the symptoms of baubonic plauge?!
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Fever
Chills
Myalgias
Sore throat
Headache
Weakness
Malaise
Enlarged, painful, swollen lymph node
Abdominal pain - Only presenting symptom more common in a patient presenting with septicemic plague (primary blood-borne plague) versus one presenting with bubonic plague
Nausea, vomiting (bloody at times)
Constipation, diarrhea, and black or tarry stools
Gastrointestinal complaints (may precede a bubo)
Cough, which may be productive of bloody sputum
Shortness of breath
Stiff neck (if meningitic infiltration by plague bacillus has occurred)
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You watched House last night, didn't you.. It's Bubonic plague "The disease becomes evident 3–7 days after the infection. Initial symptoms are chills, fever, diarrhea, headaches, and the formation of buboes. The buboes are formed by the infection of the lymph nodes, which swell and become prominent. If unchecked, the bacteria infects the bloodstream (septicemic plague), and can progress to the lungs (pneumonic plague). If untreated, the rate of mortality for bubonic plague is 30-75%.
In septicemic plague there is bleeding into the skin and other organs, which creates black patches on the skin. Untreated septicemic plague is universally fatal, but early treatment with antibiotics (usually streptomycin or gentamicin) is effective, reducing the mortality rate to around 15% (USA 1980s). People who die from this form of plague often die on the same day symptoms first appear.
With pneumonic plague infecting lungs comes the possibility of person-to-person transmission through respiratory droplets. The incubation period for pneumonic plague is usually between two and four days, but can be as little as a few hours. The initial symptoms of headache, weakness, and coughing with hemoptysis are indistinguishable from other respiratory illnesses. Without diagnosis and treatment, the infection can be fatal in one to six days; mortality in untreated cases may be as high as 95%. The disease can be effectively treated with antibiotics such as streptomycin."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague#Symptoms_and_treatment
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