MEDIVAL DISEASES

DYSENTERY

• Cause by bacteria or ameobas
• spread by contamination of food and water through infected fecal matter
• watery stools, fever, cramps, dehydration
• Bloddy stools, meningitis, conjunctivitis, arthritis
• Infantile diarrhea- leading cause of infant deaths

Ergotism

• Poisoning from fungal infections of grain
• Anxiety, vertigo, hallucination, convulsions, sycosis
• Restriction of blood vessels leads to necrosis
• 40% mortality rate
• Lower body weights more susceptible

INFLUENZA

• Acute, very contagious infections of the upper respiratory tract
• Chills and fever, headache, muscle ache, mental confusion, etc.
• Can develop into bronchitis or bacterial pneumonia
• Only a few months of repeated resistance to infection
• Contagiousness developed epidemics in 14th and 15th century

LEPROSY

• Bacterial infection transmitted by respiration or contact
• Coarse facial features, hoarse voice, nodules on face
• Blindness, gangrene, clawed hands and feet, decaying nose
• Lonely and ugly death, lasting over 20 years
• Most people immune

MEasles

• Mild, very contagious virus spread through respiration
• Cold-like symptoms at first
• Bright red spots in mouth, red rash
• May cause heart or brain damage

The red Plague

• Highly contagious diseases spread by respiration
• High fever, chills, headache, lousy feeling
• Itchy, distinctive rash of red bumps, become pus filled blisters
• 30% mortality for sever form
• Mostly childhood disease

KEEPING YOURSELF WELL