EFFECTS+Small+pox+by+Samuel

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 * Stage 1:** In the first stage of the sickness people get fevers, chills, muscle aches, fatigue, weakness, vomiting, pain in the arms and legs,and delirium. These symptoms may last for a few days and they will fade away.


 * Stage 2:** Rashes will start to appear in a form of small red dots on the mouth, tongue, palate, and pharynx. In the next few days, skin lesions, (diseased patches of skin) appear in small red dots. Soon, flat red spots called macules bread ou on the face and upper limbs. They then spread to the lower limbs, palms and soles. The macules are loaded with the Variola virus and are very dens on the face, arms, and legs.


 * Stage 3:** In the next few weeks the macules will become pustules. Macules swell up like mosquito bites and become papules. The papules then fill with liquid and are then vesicles. Vesicles in turn become engorged with pus and finally become pustules.


 * Stage 4 (the height of the illness):** The victims often feel like their skin has been lit on fire and their skin gives of a revolting odor. The skin even looks like it has been burned. The deaths usually occur in the phase. The death comes in forms of breathing arrest, heart shock, or shock from the immune system.


 * Stage 5:** The pustules slowly become scabs and they gradually fall off. The skin is left pockmarked and is most often scarred horribly. the scabs can remain infectious for years.