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Smallpox Learning Center
Treatments could include:
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If athe smallpox vaccine is given within 1-4 days after a person is exposed to the disease, it may prevent illness or make the illness less severe. Once symptoms have started, treatment is limited.
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Treatment for smallpox was only supportive, meaning that the only treatment available was aimed at keeping a patient as comfortable as possible. No treatments were ever found that would halt the progression of the disease.
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Isolation refers to the precautions that are taken in the hospital to prevent the spread of an infectious agent from an infected or colonized patient to susceptible persons.
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