Was was in that stuff?
2006-08-15 17:18:35 · 22 answers · asked by Maryam B 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
i do hunni, i think it was the crap that they did in the 70's, lord only knows what was in it
2006-08-15 17:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by ROCKER CHICK 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I suppose everyone born before 1980s will have a larger scar ( about the size of a US quarter coin) which is smallpox vaccine mark. Smallpox vaccination has now been stopped as Smallpox is eradicated from the world.
A very scar (smaller than a dime) usually is the BCG scar(vaccine given to protect you from tuberculosis).
Which is yours?
These marks are seen because the injections are given intradermally that is in the deeper layers of skin... where as most other vaccines are given deeper down intra muscularly(muscles) and therefore have no tell-tale marks like BCG and Smallpox.
2006-08-16 01:26:56 · answer #2 · answered by drsonali 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who received the smallpox vaccine 25 to 75 years ago have that mark
Kids born during the mid-1970s never received the shot.
Thankfully (I guess), I still have the little mark on my upper left arm from my smallpox shot.
2006-08-15 17:27:41 · answer #3 · answered by littleredms 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah, isn't that terrible looking?
I believe that was the mumps/measles/ruebolla shot wasn't it?
It's the sign of our generation. Were you born in the 60's?
I work in a hospital and we're constantly being poked for something and I had a m/m/r booster a couple of years ago. They say that people over 40 should get a booster shot. I felt sick for about 2 months afterward. So if it was the m/m/r shot that left us scarred for life, the booster isn't too much fun neither.
2006-08-15 17:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend had to get a shot in university last year so that she could qualify as a nurse. I can't recall what it was, but she's got a massive lump on her arm still 12 months later!
2006-08-15 17:24:54 · answer #5 · answered by Aussie Chick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasThe needles little ones got for school for smallpox and it was changed so that it would not leave the scar in 1977 in Canada anyway
2006-08-15 17:23:27 · answer #6 · answered by Bobbi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do.
They stopped doing that at some point because small pox was no longer a problem. Therefore, it's only us middle aged or older folks who have them.
2006-08-15 17:24:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, I have one. It is a small pox vacination scar. I still remember the sore that the vacine caused. It was quite ugly.
2006-08-15 17:30:24 · answer #8 · answered by jbpammy004 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom has one---it is a small pox vaccine scar.
2006-08-15 17:23:08 · answer #9 · answered by poetess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small pox. It's not just one shot. It's many pin pricks. It was mandatory until 1971 when it became optional. My older sisters have it, but my brother and I do not.
2006-08-15 17:22:52 · answer #10 · answered by CCTCC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom does, she said it was from small pox vaccines.
2006-08-15 17:24:05 · answer #11 · answered by FlyChicc420 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋