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bubo (Greek
boubôn, "groin") (plural form= buboes) is a swelling of the
lymph nodes, found in an infection such as
bubonic plague,
gonorrhea,
tuberculosis or
syphilis.
According to historical records they were also characteristic of the
pandemic responsible for the
Black Death and perhaps other ancient pandemics. It usually appears under the armpit, in the groin or on the neck. Many doctors believed that bursting them was the answer, although in the view of
modern medicine this treatment is useless or in fact harmful. There are reports of people using
hen feathers in order to burst lymph nodes. When lymph nodes are burst, the puncture site can leave a patient at higher risk for dangerous infection.
Buboes rarely require any form of local care, but instead recede with systemic antibiotic therapy. In fact, for plague patients,
incision and drainage poses a risk to others in contact with the patient due to
aerosolization of the bubo contents.
Needle aspiration can be done for diagnostic purposes and may also provide symptomatic relief.
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