Victims were subject to headaches, nausea, aching joints, fever of 101-105 degrees, vomiting, and a general feeling of illness. Symptoms took from 1-7 days to appear. The pneumonic plague was the second most commonly seen form of the Black Death. The pneumonic plague infected the lungs. Symptoms included slimy sputum tinted with blood.
Sputum is saliva mixed with mucus exerted from the respiratory system.
As the disease progressed, the sputum became free flowing and bright red. Symptoms took 1-7 days to appear. The septicemic plague was the rarest form of all. Victims usually died the same day symptoms appeared. In some cities, as many as 800 people died every day.