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   How does leprosy affect the body?

   • It can affect your eyes, skin, mucous membranes and nerves, causing disfiguring sores and nerve damage. Leprosy has been around since ancient times. For centuries, people isolated and shunned those with leprosy because the disease wasn’t understood. Today, effective treatment is available, and there’s no need to quarantine people with leprosy.

   Leprosy (Hansen's Disease): Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

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   How do you know if you have leprosy?

   • If you have a skin sore that might be leprosy, the doctor will remove a small sample of it and send it to a lab to be examined. This is called a skin biopsy. Your doctor may also do a skin smear test. If you have paucibacillary leprosy, there won’t be any bacteria in the test results. If you have multibacillary leprosy, there will be.

   Leprosy: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - WebMD

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   Is leprosy a chronic disease?

   • Leprosy is an age-old disease and is described in the literature of ancient civilizations. It is a chronic infectious disease which is caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae. The disease affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract, and the eyes.

   Leprosy - World Health Organization (WHO)

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   May 18, 2022 · The three main symptoms of leprosy (Hansen's disease) include: Skin patches that may be red or have a loss of pigmentation. Skin patches with diminished or absent sensations. Numbness or tingling in your hands, feet, arms and legs. Painless wounds or burns on the hands and feet. Muscle weakness. Additionally, people with leprosy (Hansen's ...

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   Sep 14, 2018 · Pictures. Causes and transmission. Types. Diagnosis. Treatment. Complications. Prevention. Outlook. Also known as Hansen disease, leprosy is a bacterial infection that affects your skin, limbs,...

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   Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) Signs and Symptoms. Symptoms mainly affect the skin, nerves, and mucous membranes (the soft, moist areas just inside the body’s openings). The disease can cause skin symptoms such as: A large, discolored lesion on the chest of a person with Hansen’s disease.

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   Sep 14, 2023 · Leprosy is an infectious disease that causes severe, disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in the arms, legs, and around your body. Leprosy has existed since...

6. www.who.int › news-room › fact-sheetsLeprosy - World Health Organization (WHO)

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   Jan 27, 2023 · Leprosy is diagnosed by finding at least one of the following cardinal signs: (1) definite loss of sensation in a pale (hypopigmented) or reddish skin patch; (2) thickened or enlarged peripheral nerve, with loss of sensation and/or weakness of the muscles supplied by that nerve; (3) microscopic detection of bacilli in a slit-skin smear.

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   Signs and symptoms. Cause. Mechanism. Diagnosis. Complications. Prevention. Treatment. Outcomes. Epidemiology. History. Etymology. Society and culture. Public policy. Notable cases. Leprosy in media. Infection of animals. References. Further reading. External links.

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   Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy) is an infection caused by slow-growing bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae. It can affect the nerves, skin, eyes, and lining of the nose (nasal mucosa). With early diagnosis and treatment, the disease can be cured.