What symptoms of anthrax are the most common?

Lung, skin, GI: Skin anthrax presents an ulcer and is the least dangerous. Gi anthrax causes bloody diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain etc. Inhalational anthrax is the most serious and causes cough, blood sputum, fever, shortness of breath. Note that once symptoms of lung infection appear, treatment is usually not effective and infection causes rapid death!

Anthrax: That depends on mode of transmission. Cutaneous anthrax can form an ulcer with a dark eschar. GI can cause nausea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, vomiting blood & bloody diarrhea. Inhalational anthrax can cause shortness of breath, stridor, fever, and cyanosis