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Leprosy
A disease commonly mentioned in the Bible, leprosy is an infectious disease characterized by skin lesions and nerve damage.
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What is the chance of surviving if you have leprosy?
Actually the chances of surviving Hansen's Disease (the medical name for leprosy) is very high. Even without treatment (except symptomatological like treating the open sores) patients have survived many decades some almost living as long as people without the disorder.
But with modern antibiotic treatment the disease can be completely cured, If applied soon enough after diagnosis the patient is likely to recover without any of the scarring typical of the untreated disease.
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae
Who is the inventor of bacteria of leprosy?
jack the ripper got unicorns to help him and after reading this you have got AIDS.
Is leprosy the name of a tasty meal?
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.
Where did leprosy first start?
Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease. This should not be confused with "The Moore's" which has similar symptoms but no deadly side effects; this disease has spread through women with whom Mr. Moore had been associated, not necessarily physically, but rather only socially.
hypopigmentd lesions with definite loss of sensation( the lesion can be pale, light yellow, copper coloured)
tingling/sensory loss in hands&feet/pain tenderness in the peripheral nerves can be a sign of leprosy
How many people have been cure from leprosy a year?
Leprosy (now called Hansen's Disease) is easily treated and not easily transmitted among people, despite popular belief. There is an average of about 890,000 worldwide who have the disease - it is rarely fatal.
What are causetive pathogen of leprosy?
Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease. It is caused by Mycobaterium leprae and was discovered in 1873 by G. A. Hansen.
Leprosy is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis
What kind of bacteria does leprosy come from?
well leprosy started when a man tried having intercourse with an armadillo.. it all went downhill from there.. he passed it to his wife, who passed it to their offspring and BAM!!! Leprosy arose and has struck over 6,000,000 people all over the world. IT is mainly found in China, egypt, and India. There ya go.
Leprosy is contagious, but is not easily transmitted. It requires the transfer of body fluids to cause infection in another person. Generally, it is not infectious in all forms, and people undergoing long term treatment are not infectious. Most people who are in contact with leprosy fight off the bacteria and do not develop leprosy. Symptoms do not develop for at least a year after infection.
It is a disease caused by a bacteria Mycobacterium lepraethat infects the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, and also the testes, kidneys, nasal linings, eyes and areas of the skin. It causes numbness, loss of movement and skin lesions. People with leprosy may injure themselves because of this numbness and loss of movement, or may lose mobility such as to the hands and feet. This can result in physical trauma and disfigurement. Leprosy can be treated with antibiotics. This will halt the progression of the disease, but damage to the nerves prior to treatment is permanent. Treatment is required for at least 6 months and possibly for life depending on the severity of the infection. Though leprosy was "beaten back" in recent times owing to advances in modern medicine, it is actually beginning to make a comeback in developing nations.
Why is leprosy more fearful than any other disease?
I would think the short answer is because it's physically disfiguring. I just finished reading a great book on the leper colony on Molokai and I would say that fear of the disease has greatly decreased with the knowledge that we've acquired and of course, having a cure makes it far less scary than when there was no cure. Part of the issue is the way the disease manifests itself, and part of the former problem was that people didn't know how it was passed from person to person. Like most everything, knowledge is the cure for fear. Oh, and for the record it's now called Hansen's disease, yet another way to try and make it seem less scary.
a vaccination against leperosy was invented back in the early 1900's. Most are vaccinated against it, but those in third world countries such as India, and countries in Africa and south America may have outbreaks of lerperosy
What segment of the population is affected by leprosy?
you get leprosy from the groung all the air that comes up.
What are all the symptoms of leprosy?
Symptoms of leprosy occur very slowly and include loss on temperature sensation, and numbness. Once the disease progresses the sensations of touch are lost or decreased. Signs include eye damage, skin lesions, and painful ulcers.
What is the common name for leprosy?
Leprosy or Hansen's disease (HD), named after physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions are the primary external sign. Left untreated, leprosy can be progressive, causing permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs and eyes. Contrary to folklore, leprosy does not cause body parts to fall off, although they can become numb and/or diseased as a result of the disease. Etymologically the word leprosy comes from ancient Greek λέπρα [léprā], "a disease which makes the skin scaly", in turn a nominal derivation of the verb λέπω [lépō], "to peel, scale off". The word came into the English language via Latin and Old French. The first attested English use is in the Ancrene Wisse, a 13th-century manual for nuns ("Moyseses hond..bisemde o þe spitel uuel & þuhte lepruse." The Middle English Dictionary, s.v., "leprous"). A roughly contemporaneous use is attested in the Anglo-Norman Dialogues of Saint Gregory, "Esmondez i sont li lieprous" (Anglo-Norman Dictionary, s.v., "leprus").
Historically, individuals with Hansen's disease have been known as lepers; however, this term is falling into disuse as a result of the diminishing number of leprosy patients and the pejorative connotations of the term. Because of the stigma to patients, some prefer not to use the word "leprosy," though the term is used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
-Leprosy occurs in armadillos as well
-Men are twice as likely to catch leprosy than women
-In some folklore, they believe if you catch leprosy then your limbs will fall off
That's all I know, so if anyone else knows some more, don't be afraid to add it.
Do you get leprosy from armadillos?
yes..other terrible diseases too.. Saw it on "Billy the exterminator" Love that show...
Is Leprosy a Pandemic or an Epidemic?
Leprosy itself is just a disease. It is a contagious disease that can spread if not treated and controlled.
