Pneumonic plague occurs when Y. pestis infects the lungs.

Pneumonic plague occurs when Y. pestis infects the lungs. This type of plague

can spread from person to person through the air. Transmission can occur
when someone breathes in the bacteria in aerosol form, happen in a bioterrorist attack could
Attack.

Pneumonic plague is also affected by the inhalation of Y. Dissemination pestis suspended in respiratory
Droplets from a person (or animal) with pneumonic plague. Infection
So usually requires direct and close contact with sick or
Animal. Pneumonic plague can also occur when a person with bubonic or septicemic
Plague is untreated and the bacteria reaches the lungs.

Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague. This occurs when an infected
Flohbisse einer Person oder bei Materialien, die von dem Bakterium Yersinia pestis kontaminiert geben Sie durch
a break in the skin of a person. Patients develop swollen, tender lymph nodes (called
Buboes) and fever, headache, chills and weakness. Bubonic plague is not spread
from person to person. Plague septicemic plague occurs when the bacteria may multiply
in the blood. It can be a complication of pneumonic or bubonic plague or
first time may be off by itself. If it appears alone, it is caused by the same means,
Bubonic plague, boils, but does not develop. Patients have fever, chills,
Fatigue, abdominal pain, shock and bleeding into the skin and other organs.

The Septicaemic plague is not spread from person to person. Symptoms and Treatment
Pneumonic plague, the first signs of the disease include fever, headache, weakness,
and rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, coughing,
And sometimes bloody or watery sputum. Pneumonia runs for 2 to 4 days
Can not breathing and shock. Without early treatment, patients
May die.

Eine frühzeitige Behandlung von Lungenpest ist von wesentlicher Bedeutung. To reduce the risk of death
Antibiotics must be administered within 24 hours after the first symptoms. Streptomycin, gentamicin,
Tetracycline and chloramphenicol are effective against pneumonic plague.
Treatment with antibiotics for 7 days is people who jump to protect, in the vicinity
Contact with infected patients. Wearing a surgical mask also protects the close connection
against infection.