Smallpox
By: Sy'Vanna Bartlett
Smallpox Background Information
http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/disease-facts.asp
Lessions on the skin.
Smallpox on child's face.
Red spots on a persons forearms.
Symptoms of Smallpox
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/smallpox/basics/symptoms/con-20022769
Treatments for Smallpox
There is no cure real for the smallpox disease. The treatments for smallpox is relieving the symptoms and preventing the person from becoming dehydrated. You may be prescribed antibiotics if a bacterial infection develops on your skin or in your lungs.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/smallpox/basics/treatment/con-20022769
Ways to Prevent Smallpox
One of the best ways to prevent getting smallpox is to have your smallpox vaccination. Unfortunately the smallpox vaccine could cause some complications that can cause infections in your heart or brain, but it is rare. Another way to prevent getting smallpox is to stay away from a person that has smallpox, and to not get in contact with objects such as clothes that are contaminated with the smallpox disease. You should not put yourself in a situation to get smallpox because the disease can be fatal and cause death in rare cases. This has only been a problem for pregnant women and/or people with weak or impaired immune systems.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/smallpox/basics/prevention/con-20022769
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/smallpox/basics/complications/con-20022769
!Fun Facts!
1) In 1976 a doctor named Edward Jenner did experiments on how to prevent smallpox, that led to the smallpox vaccination.
2) The variola virus( virus that causes smallpox) only affects humans and not animals nor insects.
3) A person with smallpox is contagious until every single scab has fallen off.
4) The variola virus could be used as a terrorist attack like the Anthrax Scare, so the labs that contain the virus are guarded.
5) CDC estimates that between 14-52 out 1 million people that have the smallpox vaccine for the first time will have potentially life threatening complications.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/skin_rashes/smallpox.html