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What disease did josefina Guerrero have?
If you mean the Filipino heroine of WW2, she was sick of leprosy and was granted visa to get treatment in the US. She was confined in the hospital in Carville, Louisiana.
Is leprosy in people the same as leprosy in houses?
no
What was Miriam in the bible sick with?
She was sick with a disease that in Hebrew we call Tsoraas. Most people translate it as leprosy, but have know proof that this is exactly what the Torah is talking about. What we do know is that the infection causes white lesions on the skin.
What did people believe made them sick before they new about germs?
I've just finished researching leprosy which was around thousands of years ago. People believed they were cursed by god.
Who else should be tested when a person is diagnosed with leprosy?
People who are in immediate contact with the leprosy patient should be tested for leprosy.
How does the body react to leprosy?
Some people are genetically resistant to leprosy, probably and no matter what, they do not get leprosy. Other with tuberculous type of leprosy have high resistance to leprosy. Those with lepromatous type of leprosy have least resistance to leprosy germs. The intermediate leprosy type have intermediate resistance to leprosy germs. Body reacts to leprosy by trying to kill the leprosy causing germs. There is an inflammatory response.
How can you prevent leprosy in the middle ages?
They didn't and they didn't understand what the causes were. They took people who contacted it and made leper colonies. These people lived in poor conditions and without any help. They were sick, poor, and separated from everyone.
What do people dislike starting with l?
leprosy
How many people have died from Leprosy?
Thousands of people die from leprosy we dont exactly know how many, but now there is a cure for leprosy, so we dont have as much trouble with it as we did before. There have been alot and 1000 have died in 2002
How is Leprosy treated today?
leprosy is being treated well and their medicine costs £21 each. A helping organisation is Lepra. People with leprosy take this medicine daily for as long as they need,
People Jesus cured who were outcasts?
Lepers. Lepers were outcasts because of the disease leprosy from which they suffered. People believed leprosy to be highly contagious and so avoided people who had it for fear of catching it.
Which is worse lupus or leprosy?
Probably leprosy. I mean, I think Lupus is a kind of cancer. Leprosy on the other hand, I've seen pics of people with this disease and it's just absolutely horrific.
