Pneumonic Plague In The Fourteenth Century

In the fourteenth century, about 25 million people were killed by one terrible disease. This disease was known as the plague. The plague had terrible outbreaks throughout history and is still alive today. At the time of its worst outbreak, there was no escape. There were multiple types of plague, with all of them being fatal. The plague was a deadly infection with strange ways of treatment, extreme symptoms, and an overall terrifying disease. There were very different versions of the plague through the years. The three most common were bubonic, septicemic, and the pneumonic plague. Every version had it’s own symptoms. Some worked more on the inside, while others had visible damage to the body. The most popular version is the bubonic plague, also known as the black death. The black death had an extreme outbreak in the fourteenth century, killing around 25 million people.
The pneumonic plague worked mostly inside of the body. The bacteria would essentially eat away at the lungs until they liquified and the victim coughed them up. (history) The septicemic plague would get into the blood and stop it from being able to clot, this causes the skin to turn black and die. When this happened, the victim would bleed to death. Bleeding may be internal or external. The bubonic plague was commonly known for its buboes. These would form when the lymph nodes would swell. They would first be a red color, but then turn to purple, and sometimes to black. While all versions of the plague had their own different severe symptoms, they all had some common ones. These common symptoms included fever, chills, and weakness.