Diseases By: Eva Rocha

The Plague… How did the plague affect the people during the Middle Ages? killed many people affected people in Europe, North Africa, Western Asia In Europe at least one third of the population of people died didn’t find a cure

Spread Of The Disease… What were the symptoms of this disease? Bublonic Plague happened in the 1300 in Western Eurasia chills, fever, vomiting developed dark spots on the skin and it got swollen glands this was a deadly disease person would die within a few days later known as the Black Death

Global Impact Of The Disease… What were the different impacts of the disease? Christians and Muslims thought differently about the plague Christians saw it as punishment for the sin Muslims saw it as examining their faith to god plague killed 20-30 million people by 1400s

Middle Age Diseases… What were the name of some of the diseases and how did they harm you? Leprosy- damages Peripheral nerves, skin, eyes, mucous membrane of the nose not very contagious Small Pox- caused by variol virus Was 1st diseases to be eradicated Dysentery- caused stomach pain & diarrhea vomiting and fever bacteria would enter the food or water

Number Of People Who Died… What was the number of people that died because of these diseases? Black Death- 20-30 million people Small Pox- 30,000 people died per year Leprosy- more than one billion Ergotism- 40% of people died Typhoid Fever- 10-20% of people died

More About The Black Death… How was the disease very harmful to the people? Spread by fleas that carried rats or different tiny rodents Very bad swelling swelling would be on the armpits, lags, neck, groin swelling would turn red then it would turn purple or black high fever, vomiting, muscular pain lung bleeding mental disorientation die very quickly Lived to at least 2-4 days

More Medieval Diseases… What other disease were there during the Middle Ages? Ergotism- fungal infection of grain, rye causes anxiety, sensation of being bitten or burned, reddening, blisters in skin, blackening, itching Influenza- viral infection of upper respiratory Spread by inflammation After 1-2 days you’ll start getting chills, fever, headache, weakness, eye pain, mental confusion Malaria- diseases caused by mosquitoes chills, fever to 140 degrees, bad headache Measles- runny nose, dry cough, 105 degrees fever, aching Light red spots appear in the mouth

Work Cited Page… World History- Medieval and Early Modern Times. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print. The Middle Ages. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 May 2010. <http://michealhhs.blogspot.com/2007/04/middle-ages-diseases.html>. Black Death. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 May 2010. <http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/black-death.htm>. Diseases During The Medieval Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2010. <http://www.labelle.org/top_diseases.html>.

Get Ready To Take The Quiz! You May Use Your Notes!

Eva’s Quiz… True Or False… There was no cure for the plague. Black Death was not a deadly disease. The Black Death disease was spread by fleas. Small Pox was not a deadly disease. Leprosy was very contagious disease.

Rest Of Questions… 6. Christians saw this as punishment for the sin. Muslims saw it as punishment for the sin too. The Bublonic Plague happened during the1200s. Fill In The Blank… 9. About ______ people died from Black Death . 10. About ______ people died from Small Pox every year.

Answers… True False 20-30 million 30,000