Battle Injuries on western front

Question 1

Trench Foot:

Answer 1

• Painful swelling of feet
• Caused by standing in wet and muddy grounds.
• Second stage of gangrene - decomposition of body.
• Led to blood loss.

Question 2

Trench fever:

Answer 2

• flu like symptoms with high temperature
• affected half a million men on the western front
• caused by lice

Question 3

Shellshock:

Answer 3

• Trauma by the war
• tiredness, aches, loss of speech
• mental breakdowns
• affected 80,000 british troops