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WORLD WAR ONE DISEASES
Typhoid Fever
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Usually caused by bad hygiene and flies, Once infected the body cannot take in any food or water
10% - 30% of infected people die
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WORLD WAR ONE DISEASES
By Ty Seitz
Diseases were the main cause of death in WW1.
Such disease included influenza,typhoid fever,trench fever,trench foot,malaria and diabetes usually caused by exposure to wet and unsanitary conditions.
Trench Fever
Caused by bacteria which was transmitted by lice which were common in the trenches. It spread so quickly that about 1 million people were affected.
Trench foot
Trench foot is an infection that is caused when the foot is in cold and in wet conditions for a long period of time. This was happening in WW1 because soldiers were unable to remove their boots and socks to dry them out or air their feet. The foot becomes numb and then turns red or blue. If it was left untreated the foot could start to decay which would result in amputation of the foot.
solders would light a candle and hold it where the lice were thickest and it made them pop like popcorn