Causes of Disease and Western Front

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What caused Trench Fever?
Caused by the spread of lice.
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What were the symptoms of Trench fever?
flu-like symptoms-high temperature,headaches.
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What caused Trench foot?
Standing in muddy trenches which caused soldiers feet to become swollen.
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What were the symptoms of Trench foot?
Gangrene(body tissues start to rot), restricted blood flow.
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What caused Shell-shock?
stressful conditions of war.
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What were the symptoms of Shell-shock?
Tiredness,headaches,loss of speech and uncontrollable shaking.
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What was the 1st stage of the evacuation route?
stretcher bearers.
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