Heratic Plague
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The Heratic Plague, otherwise known as the Uralic Plague or the Southern Plague, was a bacterial plague during the 1400s in the regions now known as Lyonheimer and The Kingdom of Blechingia in the 1400s, and lasted until around the late 1400s The plague was so deadly that it, supposedly, killed around half of the people who got it. Some of the primary symptoms were itchy skin, intense hives (rashes), vomiting and extreme stabbing pain in the stomach. After around 3 days, a majority of the people who got the virus would have died, usually from bowel failure. Due to the close quarters of the cities at the time, it was a serious problem as it was extremely contagious. The disease was spread by rodents, meaning it spread in cities
Cause
The Heratic Plague was an infection of the lymphatic system. It was usually transmitted by infected mites, who got the disease off of native rats, squirrels and hamsters. These mites would usually be found in beds, as they were unwashed and unclean. The disease can be transmitted by direct contact with infected tissue or exposure to the cough of another human. The mite is parasitic on house and field rats, and seeks out other prey when its rodent hosts die. Due to the close quarters of cities such as Judapest, which has been credited as the main city and contributor to the spread of the plague, the plague spread fast.
Symptoms
Symptoms of the Heratic Plague may have been varied, as reports are different and we cannot know for sure. The general idea for the main symptoms of the Heratic plague are as follows:
- Stabbing pain in the appendix, some originally would have assumed to be appendicitis
- Itchy and irritated skin
- Extreme hives on the skin (rashes)
- Cold
- Vomiting
- Headaches (Only a few reports, so validity is debated)
Prevention and End of the Plague
The plague lasted two-hundred years and it took a long time for people to realize how to prevent the disease, and in the end it was a mix of three main factors. The first being simple, herd immunity over time, naturally making it harder to die from. The second being an increase in cleanliness around the whole nation. Finally, pest control became a commonality throughout the nations.
Treatment of the Plague
Treatment was limited at the time, and doctors became rare, unless you were extremely wealthy. Most turned to witch doctors during this time. These were people who promised by giving the infected a natural blend of herbs, it would go away. Historians now realise they were more than likely scamming the infected out of their last remaining Fornits. On the other hand, actual doctors used early medicines, and occasionally they would work. Streptomycin was documented as having a very high treatment success rate, however was very rare and expensive