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Template:Pneumonic plague Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Symptoms
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.
Initial pneumonic plague symptoms can often include:
Rapidly developing pneumonia with:
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Cough
- Bloody or watery sputum (saliva and discharge from respiratory passages).