It depends on which part of your body is involved. Signs and symptoms vary depending on the type of Plague you can have. Bubonic plague is the most common which develops within a week after your infected. Symptoms may occur: in your groin, armpit, or neck, about the size of a chicken egg, tender and warm to the touch. Other symptoms may be: sudden onset of ever and chills, headaches, fatigue or malaise, and muscle aches. Septicemic Plague occurs when plague bacteria multiplies in your bloodstream. Symptoms include: fever and chills, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting, bleeding from your mouth, nose or rectum, or under your skin, shock, blackening and death of tissues in your extremities. (Extremities are your fingers, toes, etc.) Pneumonic Plague affects lungs although its the least common its the most dangerous because it can spread from person to person from cough droplets, sneezes, etc. This type of Plague can begin to accumulate a few hours after being infected. Symptoms and signs are: Cough, with bloody sputum, difficulty breathing, high fever, nausea and vomiting, and weakness.