Leprosy (Hansen Disease) is a chronic, systemic infection. • Mycobacterium leprae infects the skin and peripheral nerves, deformities due to lack of pain sensation. • Disfigures skin and bones, twisting limbs and causing claw hands. • 2600 year old disfiguring disease has finally met it’s match with multidrug therapy. Figure 24A: Boy with leprosy before treatment Courtesy of American Leprosy Mission, 1 ALM Way Greenville, SC 29601 Figure 24B: Boy with leprosy after treatment
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Leprosy (Hansen Disease) is a chronic, systemic infection. Mycobacterium leprae infects the skin and peripheral nerves, deformities due to lack of pain.
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Leprosy (Hansen Disease) is a chronic, systemic infection.
• Mycobacterium leprae infects the skin and peripheral nerves, deformities due to lack of pain sensation.
• Disfigures skin and bones, twisting limbs and causing claw hands.
• 2600 year old disfiguring disease has finally met it’s match with multidrug therapy.
Figure 24A: Boy with
leprosy before treatment
Courtesy of American Leprosy Mission, 1 ALM Way Greenville, SC 29601
Figure 24B: Boy with leprosy
after treatment
– Influenza A strikes every year and causes most epidemics.
– Influenza B also strikes every year but is less common than type A.
– Influenza C causes a mild respiratory illness but not epidemics.