A large, swollen, red lymph node (bubo) in the armpit (axillary) of a person with bubonic plague. Symptoms of the plague are severe and include a general weak and achy feeling, headache, shaking chills, fever, and pain and swelling in affected regional lymph nodes (buboes).
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Bubonic Plague  Information for adults

Picture of Bubonic Plague: A large, swollen, red lymph node (bubo) in the armpit (axillary) of a person with bubonic plague. Symptoms of the plague are severe and include a general weak and achy feeling, headache, shaking chills, fever, and pain and swelling in affected regional lymph nodes (buboes). Divider line
A large, swollen, red lymph node (bubo) in the armpit (axillary) of a person with bubonic plague. Symptoms of the plague are severe and include a general weak and achy feeling, headache, shaking chills, fever, and pain and swelling in affected regional lymph nodes (buboes).
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Signs and Symptoms
The typical symptoms of bubonic plague infection are large, swollen, tender lymph nodes called buboes. These usually occur in the neck, armpit, and groin. Other symptoms include:
  • Fever
  • Feeling generally weak and achy (malaise)
  • Headache
  • Blister or infection at the site of a flea bite
  • Red or purple rash on top of the enlarged lymph nodes
Bubonic plague can evolve into septicemic or pneumonic plague; these people will look even sicker, with symptoms of weakness, confusion, abdominal pain, cough, chest pain, and presence of blood-tinged sputum.
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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