Top 7 Deadly Diseases You Believe Have Disappeared

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

Many years ago, people have suffered and died from diseases that were truly posing the whole human race in danger.

As the years went by, we were able to develop medicines and ways to treat many diseases, which is why we rarely talk or hear about those illnesses anyway, or we would mention them like we are talking about old wars and ancient history, believing that we left them in the past and they are completely gone.

Unfortunately, we didn’t leave them anywhere, they are still around threatening the lives of hundreds of people like Rubella and Bubonic plague.

The good news is that these diseases are increasingly rarer, and medicines have developed enough to treat anyone who catches this disease all over the world.

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#1 – Bubonic Plague

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This is the illness that caused the “famous” Black Death back in 1347, it killed the third of the human population, and sadly, it is still around. According to CNN, there were at least 15 cases in the United States back in 2015. Yersinia Pestis is the name of the bacteria that causes the plague and it is naturally living in areas where wild rodents exist.

People who get infected mostly were consuming an infected rodent, for example, a squirrel, rat or chipmunk. The good news is if the disease caught early, it can be easily treated with antibiotics.

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#2 – Leprosy

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Leprosy is a dangerous, contagious disease that can be transmitted by having a physical contact with an infect person. It damages the skin cells and nerves causing permanent disabilities and disfiguring sores.

Luckily, the number of global leprosy has dropped in the past 30 years from 5.2 million (1985) to 216.000 cases (2013). But some parts of Brazil, India, and Indonesia still suffer from this horrible disease.

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#3 – Rubella

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