Genealogy Chat

Today I received the death certificate for my gggrandmother, but I can't work out what it says she died from. It says something like '1a beubio vascular digeneration' Does anyone have any idea what this means? I have tried googling it, and have managed to get what the last part means, but the first isn't showing any results. Please help if you can

Keeley.

Thank you Alice, a really useful site, though not in this instance, still no luck :(

Sounds likeAeschemic Heart Disease .?clogged arteries.

Maybe 'cerebro' vascular degeneration? That means a stroke in layman's terms.

CC

It is going to be either 'cardiovascular degeneration' (most likely) or 'cerebrovascular degeneration'
1 a means Disease or condition directly laeding to death and will appear as 1 a regardless of it being the only listed cause.

Cerebral (or cerebro) vascular degeneration or disease just means a general deterioration in the blood supply to the brain probably causing symptoms like dementia. A stroke should be CVA which stands for cerebrovascular accident & sometimes only affects one particular area of the brain. 1a is the primary cause of death - there can also be 1b,1c and 2 etc depending on other contributing causes.

i wonder if the first part could be intended to be bubo or buboes as in a swellingof the lymph nodes. the most famous cause of these was bubonic plague but there are many causes.

Beubio could this be anything to do with the word bubonic (like the plague) i know its the wrong era but there could be some kind of link?
(Long shot i know)
Lou x

i was just reading that the bacteria of the bubonic plague still exists and although its rare in 2002 2 people in new york were treated for it. Maybe there is a link.
Lou x

Plague is endic in the SW USA, with about a dozen cases p.a., incl a couple of fatalities p.a.. Worldwide, there are abt 2000 cases p.a.. Plague is very curable if treated early, but untreated, the fatality rate is abt 60%.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/index.htm

However, I can't see of anyway of prefacing "vascular degeneration" with some bubo-rooted word that makes any sense - my guess would be cardio

the bubo is bubonic plague actually refers to the black swelling in the lymph nodes it may be he had leg ulcers that turned gangrenous