Leprosy : A living Death
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Leprosy : A living Death
By Marisela Esparza
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What are names for Leprosy?
a. Hansen’s Disease
b. Mycobacterium laprae
c. A living death
d. Tuberculosis
e.only a & b
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OrigensOrigensFirst records In Egypt around 600 B.C Everywhere in the BibleAlexander the Great in rome 62. B.CMiddle AgesPresent Also called Hansen’s Disease in 1869 he discovered
it was a bacteria and not hereditary as most people thought
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What is it? Mycobacterium leprae Chronic infectious
disease that affects the skin and peripheral nervous system and the mucous membranes
Progressive
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Unsolved Mystery
Transmission?Where it occurs the most?Who is most susceptible?WHY?
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Contact with armadillos increases the risk of leprosy in Brazil: A case control study.(Original
Article)(Case study).
Case study : armadillo contact causes leprosy in people?
506 leprosy patients 594 controls 68% of people contracted leprosy after exposure What other contacts can lead to leprosy Naturally occurring bacteria in the soil
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TreatmentIsolationInjecting Chaulmoogra oilAntibiotic DapsoneMDT
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Demographics India accounts for 73% of all leprosy cases Most occurring leprosy cases in India, Brazil, Burma, Indonesia, Nepal, Madagascar, Etheopia,
Mozambique, D. R. of Congo, and Tanzania.
Few cases in U.S: California, Louisiana,Florida, and Hawaii. 1.2 million cases worldwide Every year 600,000 more cases
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QuestionsShort answer question:Explain Leprosy. What it is caused by, and what
does it affect in a person’s body
Leprosy is a bacteria that is transmitted through the respratory tract. It affects the peripheral nervous system and mucous membranes causing loss of sensation and progressive degeneration of the skin and body.
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