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In the modern world, the black plague is curable with antibiotics.
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What are your risk factors to the black plague?
Age has no bearing on the disease at all. Anyone could get the Plague.
How did the black death effect Shakespeare?
Shakespeare's sister Anne died at the age of 8 from the pneumonic plague, a disease related to the bubonic plague, which was called the Black Death (because of the black swellings or buboes which formed in the lymph nodes). The Black Death or bubonic plague was no longer a problem by Shakespeare's day, although it had killed about a third of the population 300 years earlier, but the pneumonic variety was still a serious health risk.
Are you at risk from the black plague?
Only if you live in very poor conditions. And even if you get it, it's curable now, with antibiotics.
What is at risk for plague?
Being in an area where plague is likely to break out, and not being vaccinated against it.
In today's society teens who engage in fights are at increased risk because their opponents are likely to?
Teens are at increased risk today because in a fight, their opponents are more likely to carry weapons.
In today's society teens who engage in fights are at increased risk because their opponents are likely to .?
Teens are at increased risk today because in a fight, their opponents are more likely to carry weapons.
What is the black death called today?
If you are referring to the pandemic of 1347 an the following years the even is called the Black Death or the Black Plague, or simply The Plague. If you are asking what disease caused the plague the most common theory is that it was some form of the Y. Pestis bacteria, the bacteria that causes Bubonic Plague in current times. This is not an extinct disease and cases still occur today. There is a vaccination available for at risk individuals who are traveling to areas of potential infection. Without medical treatment bubonic plague kills two out of three infected, but with modern medications and supportive care it is survivable. Of course, none of these were available in the 14th century. This theory is not universally agreed upon. Alternate theories include anthrax, an unknown hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola, or a combination of diseases such as typhus, small pox, and other infections. None of these theories has gained a dominant status, and the Y. Pestis theory continues to be the leading explanation.
Are we in risk of the black death today?
no, Black Death has been seen many times in Europe. but on smaller scales.
Are you at risk today from the bubonic plague?
yes it does kill you.. it is a very painful death that cause buboes and tons of other stuff. it takes 3-5 days until you die and that's not soon enough when you have this disease
Why was the change of black death important?
it was important because the black death could risk a life of someone if they catch it.
What risk is there to my unborn child if i have been in contact with someone with group A streptococcal infection i have no symptoms and my due date is today thank you?
There is no risk because it is not inherited.
What are the similarities between the Black Death and the Spanish Flu?
There really is not much of a similarity between the two besides the fact that the both caused a worldwide pandemic. The black death was caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, while the Spanish influenza was caused by a highly virulent strain of influenza virus (H1N1). The most common form of the black death (bubonic plague) is believed to have spread by bites from infected fleas carrying the bacteria. Pneumonic plague, which was less common by more virulent was spread through the respiratory tract. Similarly influenza is also an airborne disease, however, other than that they are completely different pathogens that occured in completely different time periods.
