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Smallpox

It is a contagious disease called variola in medical terms. The disease occurs with severe shivering and a fever of 41 degrees. The period between the disease microbe entering the body and its appearance is 10-14 days. 

The patient is made to rest, and is forbidden from seeing others. The doctor's recommendations are followed. Plenty of water and sherbet are drunk.

Smallpox was eradicated from the world in 1977 thanks to vaccination programs. Smallpox is caused by the Variola virus.

The incubation period of the disease is, on average, 12 days after acquiring the virus, but this period can vary from 7 to 17 days.

Hastalığın başlangıcında görülen şikayetler ve bulgular yüksek ateş, halsizlik, baş ve sırt ağrısıdır. Hastalarda tipik olarak kırmızı döküntüler görülür: Döküntüler en çok yüz, kollar ve bacaklarda ortaya çıkar. Döküntüler düz (kabarık olmayan) ve kırmızı lekeler şeklinde başlar ve genelde tüm hepsi aynı zamanda başlar. İkinci haftada bu düz-kırmızı lekelerin içi püy (cerahat) ile dolmaya ve kabuk bağlamaya başlar. Üç dört haftanın sonunda da döküntüler kabuk bağlar, ayrılır ve düşmeye başlar. Hastaların çoğunda tamamen iyileşme görülmesine rağmen, %30 kadar hastalık ölümle sonuçlanabilir.

The disease is transmitted from person to person by virus-containing saliva particles from an infected person. In people with smallpox, the level of contagiousness is highest during the first week of the disease, because there is a large amount of virus in the saliva during this first week. However, the contagiousness can continue until the rash has completely fallen off and disappeared.

Routine vaccination programs against smallpox ended in 1972. It is not known whether people who were vaccinated against smallpox before or in 1972 are currently immune to this disease. Therefore, it is currently accepted that everyone is susceptible to smallpox.

Since vaccination of the population against smallpox is not currently recommended, smallpox vaccine is not produced.

In people exposed to the smallpox virus; if the vaccination is done within 4 (four) days, the severity of the disease may decrease or the disease may not be seen at all. The smallpox vaccine is a vaccine that contains a live virus called vaccinia, which is different from variola. THE VACCINE DOES NOT CONTAIN VARIOLA (SMALLOW) VIRUS.

There is no cure for smallpox, but there are currently vaccine production activities and studies on the development of therapeutic agents.

People who have smallpox should be offered supportive treatment (such as IV drip, antipyretic and painkiller medication). Antibiotics can be used to prevent bacterial infection from developing on top of smallpox.

Recipe.1
 Elderflower: Brewed and drunk as tea in the morning, noon and evening

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 Rosemary: Drink tea 3 times a day
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Licorice root: Boil and drink 30 minutes before meals.

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 St. John's Wort Oil: It is applied to the skin and problematic areas of the skin.

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