G.A. Hansenin discovered the bacillus that causes leprosy.
Another name for leprosy is Hansen's disease.
Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis
This type of leprosy is also called the multibacillary (MB) leprosy, because of the presence of large numbers of bacteria.
The polite name for leprosy among the Igbo people is "nkporo mmiri" which translates to "the disease of water."
I do not have leprosy.
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The scientific name for leprosy is Mycobacterium leprae. It is a slow-growing bacterium that affects the skin and nerves, causing skin lesions and nerve damage in severe cases.
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.
The common name for Hanson's disease is - Leprosy.
No, leprosy is not a tasty meal, actually, it is a terrible skin disease caused by a bacteria. This causes the formation of lumps and rashes on the skin. Many Bible stories tell of healing of leprosy, and most of these stories include Jesus, God or a prophet washing the leprosy-diseased person in the Dead Sea. In older times when there was no cure people with leprosy were shunned from the village or society in which they were living and forced to form Leper colonies where the infected lived (and died). Now days there are treatments and cures for the disease. For a fuller description of the condition and social issues surrounding it, see the related link.
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LEPROSY "worse than acne)