Shoulder scar,what does it signify

[yorta2 693]

I'll go with Smallpox Vaccination. I have seen many of these and they all look pretty much the same. I was lucky and didn't get that disfigurement. I got my smallpox "scratch" way back in 1964, and although I am aware that such vaccinations stopped some time ago in many coutnries, I have no idea when they stopped in Thailand.

[nkped 1,208]

Looked at my shot record and the last small pox inoculation with the air force was 1984, the year before I got out. Think the first one was as a baby. The Thai ex had a visible scar consistent with a smallpox inoculation and she was an Isaan farm girl so I suspect the vaccination was pretty universal in Thailand as far back as the 50s. No clue as to when it would have been discontinued.

[Bigleg 0]

Still going with 'Norplant' was known for leaving scars and has since been discontinued in many countries

[redwood13 56]

"Bacillus Calmette-Guérin(or Bacille Calmette-Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially cultured in an artificial medium for years.

 

BCG immunization causes pain and scarring at the site of injection. The main adverse effects are keloids—large, raised scars. The insertion of deltoid is most frequently used because the local complication rate is smallest when that site is used."

 

-redwood

[yorta2 693]

Okay, alancee, you didn't want the word "inoculation" used, but it seems that most of us think that is what the scar is from. It is just what sort of inoculation on which there is some disagreement.

[Guest allin121]

Hi

You have done a good question, it’s really interesting. If you get any good reply, so please let me know. So I’ll also get some good idea.

Thanks for your future help.

 

 

Thanks

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