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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Treatments Your Provider May Prescribe
Common antibiotics are effective at treating bubonic plague, if started early in the course of illness. Your doctor will test your blood and will test the contents of the inflamed lymph node by taking a sample with a small needle. You will be started on antibiotics, and people in close contact with you may also be started on antibiotics to prevent against disease, though there is little risk of person-to-person transmission with bubonic plague.

There is no vaccine for bubonic plague.


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