{"id":3864,"date":"2024-12-18T06:51:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2024-12-18T06:51:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:51:17","slug":"scar-on-your-arm-from-the-smallpox-vaccine-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/archives\/3864","title":{"rendered":"Scar on Your Arm from the Smallpox Vaccine? Here\u2019s What You Need to Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"entry-header\"'>\n<p>When I was a child, I clearly remember noticing a scar on my mother\u2019s arm. It was high up, near her shoulder, and looked like a ring of small indentations around a larger one. I\u2019m not sure why it caught my attention back then, but it did. Over time, I forgot about it, as children often do with things that don\u2019t seem important.\n</p><div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<p>Of course, the scar didn\u2019t go away, but I stopped thinking about it. Maybe I asked my mother about it once and she explained, but if she did, I forgot. It wasn\u2019t until a few years ago that I thought about it again.\n</p><p>One summer, I helped an elderly woman off a train. As I assisted her, I noticed that she had the exact same scar in the same spot on her arm. My curiosity was immediately sparked, but with the train about to leave, I couldn\u2019t ask her about it.\n</p><div class='\"code-block' code-block-4>\n<figure id='\"attachment_18434\"' class='\"wp-caption' alignnone aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-18434\"'><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-medium' wp-image-18434 src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/jokesdaddy.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/shutterstock_2160343847-1-810x530-1-300x196.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/jokesdaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2160343847-1-810x530-1-300x196.jpg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"300\"' height='\"196\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-18434\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>\n<p>So, I called my mom, and she reminded me that she had told me many times about the scar\u2019s origin. Apparently, the scar was from the smallpox vaccine.\n</p><p>Smallpox was a dangerous disease that once affected many people around the world. It caused a bad rash and fever, and during the worst outbreaks, it killed about 3 out of 10 people. Many others were left scarred for life.\n</p><p>Thanks to the smallpox vaccine, the virus was officially declared \u201cextinct\u201d in the U.S. in 1952. By 1972, smallpox vaccines were no longer part of routine vaccinations. But before then, all children received this vaccine, which left behind a noticeable scar. It was like a vaccine passport, a mark that showed you had been vaccinated against smallpox.\n</p><p>And that\u2019s the scar my mother has, just like many others in her age group.\n</p><p>Why does the smallpox vaccine leave a scar?<br>\nThe scar happens because of the way the vaccine was given. Unlike most modern vaccines, the smallpox vaccine was administered using a special two-pronged needle. The person giving the vaccine would make several small punctures in the skin, delivering the vaccine into the dermis, which is the layer of skin beneath the surface.\n</p><p>Once the vaccine was inside, the virus began to work, causing small bumps to form on the skin. These bumps would eventually turn into blisters filled with fluid. Over time, these blisters would burst, scab over, and leave a scar as the body healed.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>When I was a child, I clearly remember noticing a scar on my mother\u2019s arm. 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