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    The two diseases of the Black Death were plague and bubonic plague. The symptoms of bubonic plague included painful swollen lymph nodes called buboes in the armpits, legs, neck or groin that started red and turned dark purple or black. Other symptoms included high fever, delirium, vomiting, muscular pains, bleeding in the lungs, and a strong desire to sleep which could prove fatal if yielded to, as victims only lived 2-4 days after contracting the disease.

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    The two diseases of the Black Death were plague and bubonic plague. The symptoms of bubonic plague included painful swollen lymph nodes called buboes in the armpits, legs, neck or groin that started red and turned dark purple or black. Other symptoms included high fever, delirium, vomiting, muscular pains, bleeding in the lungs, and a strong desire to sleep which could prove fatal if yielded to, as victims only lived 2-4 days after contracting the disease.

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    Name: Nguyen Hoang Long

    Class: 8c

    Homework: What are the two diseases of the “Black death” and what are the symptoms?

    Plague is an infectious disease caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis. These bacteria

    are found mainly in rodents, particularly rats, and in the fleas that feed on them. Other animals

    and humans usually contract the bacteria from rodent or flea bites. Historically, plague destroyed

    entire civilizations. In the 1300s, the "Black Death," as it was called, killed approximately one-

    third (20 to 30 million) of Europe's population. In the mid-1800s, it killed 12 million people in

    China. Today, thanks to better living conditions, antibiotics, and improved sanitation, current

    World Health Organization statistics show there were only 2,118 cases in 2003 worldwide.

    Approximately 10 to 20 people in the United States develop plague each year from flea or rodent

    bites—primarily from infected prairie dogs—in rural areas of the southwestern United States.

    About 1 in 7 of those infected die from the disease. There has not been a case of person-to-

    person infection in the United States since 1924.

    Y. pestis can affect people in three different ways: bubonic, septicemic, or pneumonic

    plague. The symptoms of the Black Death were terrible and swift:

     Painful swellings (buboes) of the lymph nodes

     These swellings, or buboes, would appear in the armpits, legs, neck, or groin

     A bubo was at first a red color. The bubo then turned a dark purple color, or black

     Other symptoms of the Black Death included:

     a very high fever


     delirium

     the victim begins to vomit

     muscular pains

     bleeding in the lungs

     mental disorientation

     The plague also produced in the victim an intense desire to sleep, which, if yielded to,

    quickly proved fatal

     A victim would die quickly - victims only lived between 2 -4 days after contracting the

    deadly disease

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