What Was the Bubonic Plague?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
5. Bubonic Plague
The bubonic plague is perhaps the best known of all three types of plague and is often recognized for its characteristic buboes. These buboes will usually begin to show around one week after being infected by the bacterium. These buboes would be very tender to the touch and could grow to the size of a chicken egg.
Other symptoms of the bubonic plague include a headache, fever and chills, aching joints and muscles, and fatigue. Estimates put the modern fatality rate without treatment at between 30% to 90%. Even with treatment from modern medicine, the fatality rate is estimated to be around 10%.
Advertisement
