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The life of a soldier was hard to live. During this time we did not have the advanced technology we live with today. For example the health care, weapons, and even something so simple as the soldiers clothing. During the war thousands of people died from various sicknesses like trench foot, Weil's disease, and trench influenza. Trench foot was when a soldiers foot would grow fungus that came from the dirty trenches and would cause the feet to swell, become black and blue, and would give off a horrible odor. It was common for a soldier to have to leave the war because it was very hard to walk. In severe cases their feet would have to be amputated. Weil's disease was when a soldier had an open cut and bacteria from the nasty trenches would enter their body. A lot of rats carried these diseases and it was common for the trenches to have rats running around. This was because food scraps were often just thrown on the ground and would eventually attract these rats. The common symptoms of this diseases was bruised skin, nose bleeds, sore eyes, and fevers. Many deaths came from this if they were not treated with penicillin or if it was a severe case. Penicillin was scarce because it was heavily demanded and their was not a huge supply. If the soldiers were lucky enough to survive the war they were often haunted with shell shock after the war. Shell shock was when a soldier would become sick or have severe anxiety because of the war. It seemed that whatever they did in combat would stay with them throughout their life.

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