Question 1

how did the bubonic and pneumonic plague start?

Accepted Answer

Yersinia/pasteurella: Pestis is the bacterium, spread by rat flea; infesting and enlarging lympnodes (bubos). High fever, acral necrosis, seizures. The pneumonic form skips the rat and flea and is passed airborne human to human to cause a lung abcess.

Question 2

is there a modern day epidemic that is similar to the bubonic/ pneumonic plague?

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There are a number : Of aspects of the Black Plague of the middle ages that are hard to match in the 21st century. In its spread and significant mortality rate and the dramatic angst that it caused, I would put the SARS outbreak up there.

Question 3

how did doctors learn how to treat the bubonic and pneumonic plague?

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Treatment: Once medicine learned what the caused these plagues the search was on for a treatment. It was not until the advent of antibiotics that treatments became reliable and it was not until the second world war that medicine learned how to make antibiotic in large enough quantities to bring the price down to an affordable level.

Question 4

could there be another epidemic of the bubonic or pneumonic plague?

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No, unless....: This is extremely unlikely to happen unless it was due to bioterrorism.

Question 5

how did pneumonic plague kill?

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Pneumonic plague: Plague causes a very severe form of pneumonia and deprives the body of oxygen. It can spread very easily from person to person.

Question 6

what is the time for pneumonic plague to kill if left untreated?

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The hemorrhagic lung: Infection due to Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, is fatal within several days without treatment and is often fatal even with therapy.  The pneumonia from plague is the form that transmit from person to person.

Question 7

have many people recently suffered from swine fever or the pneumonic plague ?

Accepted Answer

Few: At least in the usa, none of either.

Question 8

what is the pneumonic plague?

Accepted Answer

See below part 1: Pneumonic plague can be primary or secondary. Primary pneumonic plague can be acquired by inhalation of respiratory secretions or aerosolized droplets from infected animals or humans, or by laboratory exposure. Secondary pneumonic plague is more common and arises via hematogenous spread of bacteria from a bubo or other source.

Question 9

pneumonic plague still around?

Accepted Answer

Yes ! Yersinia: Pestis is the bacterium, spread by rat flea; infesting and enlarging lympnodes (bubos). High fever, acral necrosis, seizures. The pneumonic form skips the rat and flea and is passed airborne human to human to cause a lung abcess.

Question 10

could you die from pneumonic plague?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Pneumonic plague which is due to the bacterium yersinia pestis can be lethal.

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