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There were many diseases including: trench foot, shell shock, gas blindness, and in the winter, frostbite. Also common were small pox, cholera, leprosy. One other terrible disease was trench foot. This happened when the foot is submerged in water for long periods of time. It was so common in World War 1 because of the mud and water in the trenches. The foot becomes itchy and swollen. and eventually toes can fall off, along with the foot.

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Rats carried many diseases but one of the most tragic diseases was the plague, also known as the "Black Death".

Rats also caused Vile's disease which affected in the men in the trenches.

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some thing called TB and the 1918 flu. the 1918 flu was called influenza. there was also trench foot, the three-day flu, also rats and lice killed many soldiers.

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Diseases that were spread by rats in the trenches included leptospirosis and salmonella. Other diseases included Vile's disease and Weil's disease.

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weil's disease, plague

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