2006-07-24 18:13:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
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2006-07-24 18:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was for smallpox. The smallpox vaccination was given in the upper arm area and was done with a doublepronged needle that pricked the skin multiple times to bring blood to the surface of the skin. In a few days a large red bump appeared that then turned into a blister filled with pus. It drained itself and then a scab formed over top. About three to four weeks after the vaccination, the scab fell off and the person was left with a scar. Smallpox was declaired 'erradicated' from the earth by the World Health Organization in 1980; however, in the USA there have been talks about making that mandatory again in case of a bioterrorism attack and was vaccine was reintroduced in 2003 for military and civillians. There is a new vaccination procedure.
2006-07-24 18:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by MissPepper 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a scar from my smallpox vaccination on my upper left arm, about 1/2" in diameter. I have a smaller scar from my second vaccination given several years later. In the US, they quit giving them to the public on a routine basis in 1972. Overseas, some countries give the BCG vaccination for TB and it leaves a smaller scar.
2016-03-27 05:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's probably smallpox. Most people born after the 1970s don't have the scar because the disease is a-l-m-o-s-t wiped out world-wide, so the shot isn't really needed any more, so they never got the shot.
2006-07-24 18:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by catintrepid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be smallpox. I must of got the old one because I was born in 84 and I have the scar.
2006-07-24 18:16:43 · answer #5 · answered by Scottie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Smallpox
2006-07-24 18:16:03 · answer #6 · answered by wicked jester 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a vaccine for anti-polio and other viruses. In the 70's day they don't do it because its not proven to be an anti-virus. But now people use it for them to be immune in those viruses while they are young.
2006-07-24 18:22:19 · answer #7 · answered by RIOT! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya, its smallpox. I was born in 1961 myself and I don't have the scar cuz I never got the shot....lucky me eh? I was petrified of needles when I was young....actually I still don't like them much.
2006-07-24 18:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by Xena 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Smallpox vaccine. I have one, too. Born in 1961.
2006-07-24 18:15:59 · answer #9 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Small poxx. Small poxx was commonly given before the 70's.
2006-07-24 18:15:33 · answer #10 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the small pox vaccine. They quit giving that immunization because that disease is considered eradicated.
2006-07-24 18:20:12 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋