What is Plague?
The plague is a serious bacterial infection that can be deadly. Sometimes referred to as the "black plague," the disease is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis. This bacteria is found on animals throughout the world and is usually transmitted to humans through fleas.
The risk of plague is highest in areas that have poor sanitation, overcrowding, and a large population of rodents. The plague has three different type of plague:
Bubonic plague
Septicemic plague
Preumonic plague
Sign an symptoms of the plague
Depends on the concentrated areas of infectious. Bubonic plague it is concentrated when an infected rodent or flea bites you. In very rare cases, you can get the bacteria from material come into contact with an infected person. Bubonic plague usually effect lymphatic system (immune system) causing inflammation. Untreated, it can move into the blood and cause septicemic plague, or to the lungs, causing pneumonic plague. It can be spread from person to person. The symptoms including fever, headache, chills, weakness, swollen, tender lymph glands ( called buboes, hence the name of bubonic )
Septicemic plague is when the bacteria multiply in the bloodstream. It is called septicemic plague. When untreated, both bubonic and pneumonic plague can lead to septicemic plague. The symptoms start within two to seven day after exposure, but the septicemic plague can lead to death before symptoms even appear, such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, weakness, bleeding, shock, fever and chills.
Pneumonic plague symptoms as a quickly after exposure to the bacteria include trouble breathing , chest pain, fever, headache, overall weakness, bloody sputum.
How to prevent plague ?
Keeping the rodent population under control can greatly reduce your risk of getting the bacteria that causes plague. Do not allow dogs or cats that roam free in endemic areas to sleep on your bed.
