LIFE IN THE TRENCHES

- Infested with rats, lice, and dead bodies

- No hygiene conditions

- Unpredictable weather and flooding

- 80,000 men were diagnosed with shell shock after the war

Trench Foot:

• Caused by cold, wet, and

unsanitary conditions

• Resulted in amputation

Trench Fever:

• Caused by lice

• Eggs would get into their

body system and hatch

• Symptoms were fever,

headaches, sore muscles

and joints, rashes, and

respiratory problems