Calgary Father saves city from Rat Plague
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Byron Trotman was on his way to work when he came across 3 dead Rats.
The City of Calgary Animal control came and removed the rodents and brought them back for testing to which they came out positive for Plague.
No word on how these Rats entered Alberta and got into the Calgary neighbourhood.
• Plague: This infamous killer has three clinical forms, bubonic (marked by buboes, tender and swollen lymph nodes) pneumonic (attacks the lungs and respiratory tract, the most serious); and septicemic (blood poisoning). The disease is contracted via the bite of a rat flea or direct contact with an infected black rat or other infected animal. The Yersinia pestis bacterium enters the body through the flea bite, attacking the nearest lymph nodes first. Both bubonic and septicemic plague require the bite of a flea or handling the dead rodent; pneumonic plague can be passed from human to human via infected droplets of saliva suspended in the air as the patient coughs. The plague still exists in many parts of the world including the American west and parts of South America, Africa and Asia where a few cases are reported each year. Without treatment, plague can still be fatal; however modern antibiotics are extremely effective against the disease if caught in the early stages.
Symptoms of Plague: Bubonic plague presents with a sudden onset of fever, headache, chills, and weakness and one or more swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes (called buboes). Pneumonic plague sufferers experience fever, headache, weakness, and a rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, and sometimes bloody or watery mucous. Septicemic plague presents with fever, chills, extreme weakness, abdominal pain and shock. Also sometimes seen is bleeding into the skin and other organs. Extremities such as fingers, toes and nose can turn black and die. Septicemic plague can occur as the first symptom of plague, or may develop from untreated bubonic plague.
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