Question 1

what were the causes of the black plague?

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The same as now: Septicemic illness due to Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus.

Question 2

what are the symptoms of the black plague nowadays?

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Same as now: Most cases of plague are bubonic (swollen lymph glands).  Some are associated with blood stream spread with blood vessel damage. (black plague) and some spread to the lungs which can facilitate person to person spread.

Question 3

can you tell me if throughout the black plague what were some things people did to keep sanitation?

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Black Plague: Plague has been recorded since 541 AD when there was no understanding about bacterial infections and how to prevent them. The major sanitation I am aware of was when bodies were removed and buried in the ground.

Question 4

how are buboes treated in the black plague?

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Plague: Bubonic Plaque is  treated with isolation in hospital &amp; antibiotics (ie, Gentamycin, Streptomycin, tetracyclines or Chloramphenicol).

Question 5

why did the black plague only affect europe?

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Not true: There are accounts of plaque in various parts of the world in ancient times.  It seems like Europe was affected so strongly because we are Western and so are they.  Plague is principally a function of cities and human close proximity along with poor hygiene which describes Europe at the time of the plague.  It may have been as bad elsewhere but not written about so profusely.

Question 6

how can you prevent the spread of the black death or plague the next time it hits?

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Depends: Enough cats might have controlled the rat-borne bubonic plague, but the next worldwide outbreak of deadly disease will probably be a droplet-borne respiratory illness. Until enough immune serum can be harvested, the precautions used in the recent SARS outbreak may serve as a model. And you do a good thing in asking -- because it will happen sooner or later.

Question 7

what is done to prevent the spread of black plague?

Accepted Answer

Good sanitation: In general, plague is prevented by eliminating rodents and fleas, especially in the areas where plague is known to be endemic (like the western United States). Antibiotic prophylaxis (prevention) can be considered for people who are exposed to potentially-infected rodents or fleas.

Question 8

how are black plague, black death, and bubonic plague different?

Accepted Answer

Same disease: This is the epidemic form of infection by f pestis. It was called "black" because at the end the disseminated intravascular coagulation caused gangrene of the extremities, and "bubonic" because the infected lymph nodes would swell greatly.

Question 9

in what ways are the black death and the bubonic plague two different things?

Accepted Answer

Same: Both are the same.  The medical name is typhoid fever.

Question 10

was the black plague the same as the bubonic plague or were they different virus?

Accepted Answer

Same bacteria: The black plague i(or the black death) s thought to have been due to infection with the bacteria yersinia pestis.  It causes 3 different infections, all of which were probably involved in what was known as the black plague.  Bubonic plague is one of these 3, the others are pneumonic plague and septicemic plague.  Nice article on it here: http://bit.Ly/1d9di1d.

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