Sweating sickness - Primary Resources



|Sweating sickness |Symptoms: Pain, fever, ceaseless sweating. |

| |Seriousness: Almost always deadly. |

| |Other facts: Hit young strong people |

| |Famous sufferers: Anne Boleyn |

|The Plague |Symptoms: Rash, fever, sneezing. |

| |Seriousness: Deadly |

| |Other facts: Spread by fleas on rats |

| |Famous sufferers: |

|Small Pox |Symptoms: Bumps, rashes and itching. |

| |Seriousness: Possible to survive but with scars |

| |Other facts: Epidemic |

| |Famous Sufferers: Elizabeth I |

|Tuberculosis |Symptoms: Hacking cough, bringing up blood |

| |Seriousness: Deadly |

| |Other facts: Very common, air-born disease |

| |Famous sufferers: Edward VI and possibly Henry VII |

|Puerperal Fever |Symptoms: Fever and delirium. (Childbed fever) |

| |Seriousness: Deadly |

| |Other facts: Infection after childbirth |

| |Famous sufferers: Jane Seymour & Katherine Parr |

|Gout |Symptoms: Severe pain in foot or leg |

| |Seriousness: Causes discomfort and lack of movement |

| |Other facts: Caused by poor diet & alcohol |

| |Famous sufferers: Henry VII |

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