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The most apparent symptom of pneumonic plague is coughing, often with hemoptysis (coughing up blood). With pneumonic plague, the first signs of illness are fever, headache, weakness and rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough and sometimes bloody or watery sputum .
26 cze 2024 · Pneumonic plague occurs when plague bacteria enter the lungs. It is the only form of plague that can spread between people. Symptoms may include headache, fever, and rapidly developing...
7 lip 2022 · Pneumonic plague, or lung-based plague, is the most virulent form of plague. Incubation can be as short as 24 hours. Any person with pneumonic plague may transmit the disease via droplets to other humans. Untreated pneumonic plague, if not diagnosed and treated early, can be fatal. However, recovery rates are high if detected and treated in ...
20 kwi 2023 · Pneumonic plague affects the lungs. The disease may begin in the lungs, or it may spread from infected lymph nodes to the lungs. Symptoms can begin within a few hours after exposure and worsen rapidly.
15 maj 2024 · Pneumonic plague: Patients develop fever, headache, weakness, and a rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, and sometimes bloody or watery mucous. Pneumonic plague develops when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with untreated bubonic or septicemic plague, or when a person inhales infectious droplets ...
14 paź 2001 · Symptoms and Treatment With pneumonic plague, the first signs of illness are fever, headache, weakness, and rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, and sometimes bloody or watery sputum.
Pneumonic plague. You get pneumonic plague when Y. pestis bacteria gets into your lungs. It’s the least common and most dangerous type of plague. Pneumonic plague can spread from person to person through coughing and sneezing, just like the common cold.
