Thread:PDXBlazer/@comment-1648698-20120908204703

I don't know how exactly organize the information that I copied from Fluvus Pestilentia from Spice Shop:

Fluvus Pestilentia is a deadly infectious disease that is caused by the enterobacteria fluvia pestilis. Primarily carried by swine (most notably the domesticated pig) and spread to humans via physical contact or exchange of fluids, the disease is notorious throughout history, due to the unrivaled scale of death and devastation it has brought.

The symptoms of plague begin with the patient exhibiting strong affectionate responses to those around him and a rash characterized by small yellow bumps surrounded by pink, irritated skin. The bumps develop into large yellow boils, filled with fluid. These boils grow until the skin ruptures and large amounts of fluid run down the body.

The disease ultimately drains into the bloodstream, so the plague bacteria may enter the blood and travel to almost any part of the body. In yellow plague, bacterial endotoxins cause disseminated intravascular coagulation, causing tiny clots throughout the body and possible ischaemic necrosis (tissue death due to lack of circulation/perfusion to that tissue) from the clots. This results in depletion of the body's clotting resources, so that it can no longer control bleeding.

Consequently, there is bleeding into the skin and other organs, which can cause red and/or yellow patchy rash and coughing up/vomiting of blood.

There are bumps on the skin that look somewhat like insect bite; these are usually red, and sometimes yellow in the center. Untreated, yellow plague is usually fatal. Early treatment with antibiotics reduces the mortality rate to between 4 and 15 percent. Wesen who die from this form of plague often die on the same day symptoms first appear. 