jan 29, 541 - Yersenia Pestis (Bubonic Plague)

Description:

Justinian Plague was the first major outbreak in 541 after a natural disaster effected the area.

Symptoms:
-High fever
-Aching limbs
-Severe headaches
- Vomiting blood
- Thick urine that can be black or red
- Reddish blotches over skin that later turn black
- Putrid smell
- Swollen & discolored lymph nodes that rupture
- Buboes = Bubonic plague
- Death within 3-4 days

Treatment:
mostly antibiotics. Avoid anyone with these symptoms to not catch it.

History:
-Plague of Justinian, AD 541-544
-The great pestilence (The Black Death), 1330s
-Global Pandemic, Late 1800s

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