The disease can be spread through the bites of infected fleas or through exposure to respiratory droplets from infected patients.
One of the deadliest diseases humanity has faced is the bubonic plague, also known as black death . Only in Europe, as established by World Health Organization (WHO) this disease caused 50 million deaths in the Middle Ages.
These days, attention has once again focused on the disease. And it is that he New Mexico Department of Health, United States revealed that a man died of the plague while hospitalized.
This is the first case reported in New Mexico since 2021, while it is the first death since 2020.
What is the Black Death?
Plague is a highly contagious and serious disease caused by bacteria Yersinia pestis . There are several types: septicemic, pneumonic and bubonic.
From Mayo Clinic They suggest the cause is inflammation of the lymph nodes, small bean-shaped structures that are essential to the immune system. When a node is swollen, it is then called a bubo.
Bacteria Yersinia pestis It can be present in infected animals, such as pets or rodents, which can in turn transmit it to humans.
According to the WHO, other means of spread are bites from infected fleas, contact with contaminated liquids or inhaling “respiratory droplets” from other sick patients.
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What are the symptoms ?
According to the Mayo Clinic, some of the symptoms that occur during this disease are:
- Headache
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Trembling chills
- Muscle aches
- In some cases you touch the skin
Signs usually appear 1 to 6 days after infection. It is essential to receive early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment to deal with the disease, otherwise the chances of the disease getting worse increase.
“Untreated, bubonic plague has a mortality rate of 30 to 60%, and pneumonic plague is invariably fatal,” says the WHO.
Source: Latercera
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