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What diseases are there in trenches?

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Updated: 8/17/2019

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How were life in the trenches so dangerous?

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What were the daily conditions like in the trenches?

people died with diseases, got trench foot from being in the wet mud and got shot basically


What illness's did you get in trenches?

Shell shock (mental illness caused by everyday bombing and horrific scenes) Trench foot (where soldier's feet swelled up and were red, raw and very painful, caused by the icy water soaking through their boots and the coldness of the trenches.) Lice and mice carried diseases and when they bit the soldiers, they passed on the disease. Some could be deadly Contaminated water was also often drank by the soldiers in the trenches, which sometimes resulted in getting diseases and flu.


Did the rats in the trenches carry any diseases?

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.


What were the disadvantages in trenchwarfare?

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What kinds of illness did the soldiers in the trenches get?

If you mean diseases, you could catch hypothermia, athletes foot, a terrible cold, cancer from wounds which have not been treated properly and loads others due to trench conditions as they were horrible!


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