The Columbian Exchange And Its Impact On The New World
The Columbian Exchange considerably changed nearly every society in the world from flowing an abundance of new livestock and crops that increased the world human population, but also carried deadly diseases that demolished many civilizations. So, how did disease impact the New World? There are many reasons as to how disease impacted the New World and brought many people into serious danger; for example: lack of sanitization, weak immunity, and lack of vaccination. Diseases that expanded throughout the Columbian Exchange into the New World were smallpox, measles, diphtheria, typhus, the flu, tuberculosis, malaria, and yellow fever, all which were brought back from Europe and Africa.Whether you agree or disagree on the fact that diseases changed
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Measles (also called rubeola) is a very serious viral infection for small children. Measles is a very contagious disease that spreads easily by social contact, contaminated surfaces, or from a mother to child during pregnancy, labor, or breastfeeding. Although people diagnosed with measles can experience rashes, severe pain in the muscles, eye irritation, sensitivity to light, pink eye, etc, these symptoms do not appear until ten to fourteen days after exposure. To this day, it can be medically treatable and is a fact very rare disease with fewer than twenty thousand cases in the United States per …show more content…
Without any medical treatment or medication, peoples’ chances of surviving were very low. Since the New World never experienced these types of fatal diseases, doctors were not prepared nor knew what was coming. Despite the fact that doctors were not that much of a help, this decreased human population rapidly, demolished many civilizations, and affected cultures not knowing how to correctly treat these diseases.
Nonetheless, these diseases changed everything in not just the Columbian Exchange, but our history. If it was not for these diseases, many civilizations and our human population would be higher than it is today. Though, today mostly all the diseases can be either self-treated or medically treated and allow us to have a higher chance of surviving. Especially nowadays, doctors know exactly how these diseases can be treated. If it weren’t for doctors and vaccination, this horror of the continuing deaths among our human population would still be haunting
Measles (also called rubeola) is a very serious viral infection for small children. Measles is a very contagious disease that spreads easily by social contact, contaminated surfaces, or from a mother to child during pregnancy, labor, or breastfeeding. Although people diagnosed with measles can experience rashes, severe pain in the muscles, eye irritation, sensitivity to light, pink eye, etc, these symptoms do not appear until ten to fourteen days after exposure. To this day, it can be medically treatable and is a fact very rare disease with fewer than twenty thousand cases in the United States per …show more content…
Without any medical treatment or medication, peoples’ chances of surviving were very low. Since the New World never experienced these types of fatal diseases, doctors were not prepared nor knew what was coming. Despite the fact that doctors were not that much of a help, this decreased human population rapidly, demolished many civilizations, and affected cultures not knowing how to correctly treat these diseases.
Nonetheless, these diseases changed everything in not just the Columbian Exchange, but our history. If it was not for these diseases, many civilizations and our human population would be higher than it is today. Though, today mostly all the diseases can be either self-treated or medically treated and allow us to have a higher chance of surviving. Especially nowadays, doctors know exactly how these diseases can be treated. If it weren’t for doctors and vaccination, this horror of the continuing deaths among our human population would still be haunting