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| ==Symptoms==
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| The most apparent symptom of pneumonic plague is coughing, often with [[hemoptysis]] (coughing up blood). With pneumonic plague, the first signs of illness are fever, headache, weakness, and rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, and sometimes bloody or watery [[sputum]].
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| Initial pneumonic plague symptoms can often include:
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| * [[Fever]]
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| * [[muscle weakness|Weakness]]
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| * [[Headache]]
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| * [[Nausea]]
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| Rapidly developing [[pneumonia]] with:
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| * [[Shortness of breath]]
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| * [[Chest pain]]
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| * [[Cough]]
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| * Bloody or watery [[sputum]] (saliva and discharge from [[respiratory passages]]).
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