What was the plague, what were the symptoms?

Close to 25 million people died from the plague. There are three different kinds of the plague with their own different symptoms.  The Bubonic plague: MOST COMMON of all three, infection in the lymphatic system. The victims have swelling of their lymph nodes which is VERY painful for them (PLUS THE SWELLING COULD GET TO THE SIZE OF EGGS!). The victims with the disease had black spots on their skin, a fever, chills, headache, muscles aching, and high exhaustion. And with everything to that they also have a PUNGENTsmell. It usually took 2-7 days for a victim to die! The mortality rate for this plague was 50-90%.

The Pneumonic plague: infection in the respiratory system. The victims of the Pneumonic plague had coughing, chest pain, shortness of breath, and high, high fever. The victims had FEWER than 2 days to LIVE! The mortality rate of the plague was close to 100%.

The Septicemic Plague: The LEASTcommon plague, infection in the circulatory system. Includes SOME of the systems the Bubonic plague had included. The Septicemic Plague has MORE seizures and bleeding than others though. The victim has less than a day to survive the plague. The mortality rate for this plague is also 100%.

ALL of the plagues I have just talked about were CAUSED by the SAME bacteria. The bacteria lives in the bloodstream of rats and live in the fleas that are on the rats. Fleas can give the disease to other mammals and as you have learned, to humans.