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Its victims were often shunned by the community, kept at arm's length, or sent to a leper colony.
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What are patients with PB leprosy treated with?
Patients with MB leprosy are usually treated with all three drugs, while patients with PB leprosy are only given rifampin and dapsone.
How difficult is it to detect the bacilli in LL leprosy?
In patients with LL leprosy, the bacilli are easily detected.
What medication may be recommended for close associates of leprosy patients?
Some physicians have advocated dapsone treatment for people in close household contact with leprosy patients.
What form of pain do leprosy patients suffer from?
Although patients with leprosy are commonly thought not to suffer pain, neuroapthic pain caused by inflammation of peripheral nerve endings is increasingly recognized as a major complication of the disease in many patients.
What reading material is available on neuropathic pain in leprosy patients?
Stump, P. R., R. Baccarelli, L. H. Marciano, et al. "Neuropathic Pain in Leprosy Patients." International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 72 (June 2004): 134-148.
How can a leprosy patient prevent foot ulcers?
Special kinds of footwear have been designed for patients with insensitive feet in order to prevent or minimize the progression of foot ulcers.
What medication can treat the inflammation suffered by leprosy patients?
Corticosteroids may be given to reduce the inflammation.
What risk is there is taking drugs to treat leprosy?
Leprosy patients should be aware that treatment itself can cause a potentially serious immune system response called a lepra reaction.
Who made decision send away patients of Leprosy Romania?
The Tichilesti leprosy was founded in 1875; now are only approx. 20 patients - they are not dangerous or contagious but they prefer to remain here. The last case of leper in Romania is from 1981. The decision is from sanitary authorities.
Why do recovering leprosy patients undergo physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy exercises are taught to the patients to maintain a range of movement in finger joints and prevent the deformities from worsening.
What element is always present in smears of skin lesions from leprosy patients?
One of the hallmarks of leprosy is the presence of AFB in smears taken from the skin lesions, nasal scrapings, or tissue secretions.
How many leprosy patients have had close contact with an infected family member?
About 50% of patients diagnosed with the disease have a history of close contact with an infected family member.
