How did they control bubonic plague?

Answer 1

It is very important to start treatment of this disease as soon as the symptoms are diagnosed and disease is confirmed.

Once diagnosed for Bubonic Plague, doctor may chose treatment based upon the patient's medical history and severity of the disease. In ancient times when use of antibiotics was not known, the plague was cured by burning the buboes with blood-hot iron rod, which was a barbaric method but did save many lives.

In modern times, use of antibiotics has taken place of burning the buboes. Antibiotics are used to fight bacteria and rest of the treatment is carried out based on the symptoms.

Vaccines are also available and should be taken at least a weak in advance in case of sudden outbreak of plague or if the person is supposed to travel to the plague affected area.

Answer 2

In modern society, cleanliness is the largest bubonic plague deterrent. With modern sewage systems, the plague has seen a significant drop off. When a case does arise (usually due to a rodent, i.e. squirrel, bite) it is usually treated with antibiotics and its kill rate of 1-15%. However if the disease manifests in the blood stream (rather than the lymphatic form seen in the bubonic plague), the kill rate with medication escalates to around 40% (this is called the septicemic plague). The worst is the Pneumonic Plague, which rapidly damages the lungs and has a near 100% kill rate even when medically treated.

Answer 3

Answerthey killed some of the the people that had it by locking theme in there homes with no food although it did not work. AnswerIn some walled towns with moats, in England and perhaps elsewhere, the drawbridge was raised and no one was allowed in or out until the plague had ended. This was not more than a few months, so the people did not run out of their normal food stores. Some of the towns had no plague fatalities, or at least none until the next round of the plague.

There were individuals who cut themselves off from the rest of the world in one way or another, such as by moving into hunting lodges in the woods, and some of these survived because of this.

More marginally effective methods included burying the dead quickly in mass graves. It is still possible after all these centuries to get plague by digging into such a grave.

There were a number of other attempts to control the plague, some of which seem comic, in a sad way. One was to wear a mask with a long nose. Another was self flagellation. A few people moved to the highest rooms in their homes to avoid air that was near the ground. Of course, none of these worked.

Answer 4

They quarantined people in houses and burned the bodies. Didn't work very well. But when they made antibiotics [the cure] it helped a lot.

Answer 5

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