1. Buboes give one type of plague its name _ bubonic.2. The swollen lymph nodes and abscesses are often referred to as buboes . 3. There were buboes upon buboes and cabin fever really did set in. 4. There were buboes upon buboes and cabin fever really did set in. 5. Buboes rarely require any form of local care, but instead recede with systemic antibiotic therapy.6. Since the purple buboes were egg-shaped, one could see the medieval medical mind at work. 7. The bacilli spread rapidly through the lymphatic system, causing enlarged lymph nodes ( buboes ) in the groin. 8. As the disease spread, other symptoms of continuous and spitting of blood appeared instead of the swelling buboes . 9. Bubonic plague, which accounts for 80 percent of cases, is marked by swollen lymph glands, called buboes . 10. Buboes associated with the bubonic plague are commonly found in the armpits, upper femoral, groin and neck region.
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