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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Smallpox & Vaccinia
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Smallpox, Vaccinia, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Treatment, Medications, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Complications, Prognosis, Prevention, When to Admit, References,
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Topics Discussed: smallpox; smallpox viruses; vaccinia; vaccinia virus.
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Prodrome
| | – Abrupt onset of high fever – Severe headaches, and backaches – Infected person appears quite ill |
Infectious phase | | – Appearance of an enanthem, followed in 1–2 days by a skin eruption – Lesions begin as macules, progressing to papules, then pustules, and finally crusts over 14–18 days – The face is affected first, followed by the upper extremities, the lower extremities, and trunk, completely evolving over 1 week – Lesions are relatively monomorphous, especially in each anatomic region |
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