By Alex Grommet Description Leprosy is an infectious disease that is characterized by disfiguring skin sores nerve damage and progressive dehibilitation Scientific Description Leprosy is a chronic ID: 474667
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Leprosy
By Alex GrommetSlide2
Description
Leprosy is an infectious disease that is characterized by disfiguring skin sores, nerve damage, and progressive
dehibilitation
.Slide3
Scientific Description
Leprosy is a chronic
granulomatous
disease principally affecting the skin and peripheral nervous system. Leprosy is caused by infection with
Mycobacterium
leprae.Slide4
Other Signs or Symptoms
Symptoms include:
Skin lesions that are lighter than your normal skin color
Lesions have decreased sensation to touch, heat, or pain
Lesions do not heal after several weeks to months
Numbness or absent sensation in the hands, arms, feet, and legs
Muscle weaknessSlide5
Cause
Leprosy is caused by the organism
Mycobacterium
leprae
. It is not very contagious (difficult to transmit) and has a long incubation period (time before symptoms appear), which makes it difficult to determine where or when the disease was contracted. Children are more susceptible than adults to contracting the disease.Slide6
Cure/treatment
Patients with leprosy should be treated by a doctor who has experience with the disease. Treatment is with multiple drugs for six months to two years
.
A number of different antibiotics are used to kill the bacteria that cause the disease.
Aspirin, prednisone, or thalidomide are used to control inflammation.Slide7
Worst Case Scenario
Early recognition is important. Early treatment limits damage by the disease, renders the person noninfectious (you can't catch the disease from them), and allows for a normal lifestyle. However if not dealt with, the disease will ultimately kill you.Slide8
Three facts
Children are more susceptible than adults to contracting the disease.
There are two different types of Leprosy,
tuberculoid
and
lepromatous. The lepromatous
form is most severe, producing large, disfiguring lumps and bumps ( nodules
).
Even if leprosy is cured, victims may still suffer from debilitations caused by the disease. Slide9
Sources
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002323/
http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/leprosy/fact_sheet.htm
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1104977-overview
hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu
microscopicblog.blogspot.combio.davidson.edu