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On the Oregon Trail, many of the people faced lots of maladies. Measles, Cholera, Typhoid Fever, Dysentery, and snake bites being the most common. These maladies are also the top 5.
Maladies is actually just a fancy word to say "diseases". So in other words, people back in the 18th century faced lots of deadly diseases on their journey
There's lots of other things the people on the Oregon trail had to face. For example, having to cross rivers in risk of losing materials, etc.
The first sign of symptoms are:
However, you can also get symptoms like Koplik spots and measles rash a few days after the first few symptoms begin
Most common symptom of measles is red spots
The most common symptoms during the early stages of Cholera are:
About 1 in 10 people experience severe symptoms when diagnosed with Cholera
Cholera is caused by an infection of the instestine with a bacteria called "Vibrio cholerae bacteria".
The disease spreads when someone eats or drinks things contaminated by the feces of an infected person. This is also a cause of cholera.
Other symptoms of Typhoid Fever include:
Most people on the Oregon Trail were bit by rattle snakes that contained poison. The cause of this is a snake. Thankfully, snake bite symptoms are not contagious and will not spread to anyone
The most common known symptom of being bitten by a venomous snake is:
However, there are more symptoms like:
In more serious cases, breathing may stop all together and possibly more serious symptoms
The toxin creates a thick gray coating – called a pseudomembrane – from dead cells, bacteria, waste products, and proteins. So, you may get:
The toxin can travel into your bloodstream and cause damage to your tissues and organs aswell
A type of bacteria called Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes this disease. This type of bacteria that kills cells makes it more deadly than most other bacterias
(There's worse than this. I've spared your souls)
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Wyoming, and Oregon
Travelers had to cross rough terrain like:
Not only do the travelers on the Oregon Trail have to face maladies and difficult terrain, another common thing to experience was the harsh winters that gave some people frostbite
Overall, people on the Oregon Trail were only there to suffer. Many other trails exist aswell that were created back when people used the Oregon Trail. For example, the California and Santa Fe trails. Even though there we lots of diseases, snake bites, and plenty more, travelers were even lucky to make it to Oregon. However, there was still a possibility
“Count Diphtheria, Dysentery, Drowning, Accident, and Exhaustion as Some of the Dangers along the Oregon Trail.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/video/169076/overview-Oregon-Trail.
“Health Topics.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/health-topics.html#c.
History.com Editors. “Oregon Trail.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 6 Dec. 2017, https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/oregon-trail.
Men's Journal. “Cost of a Rattlesnake Bite? It's Exorbitant.” Men's Journal, https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/cost-rattlesnake-bite-its-exorbitant/.