Prevention of leprosy. Leprosy is a preventable disease Introduction Early case detection and multidrug therapy MDT have been the pillars of leprosy control programmes since the introduction of MDT in Key publications. World Health Organization. British medical journal. BMC infectious diseases. Mycobacterium indicus pranii MIP. Preventive Chemotherapy PC. Related publication s Publication. The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases.
Parajuli N, Poudyal Y. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Imunologia On-line. Treatment of patients with appropriate antibiotics stops the person from spreading the disease. Leprosy is curable with multidrug therapy. Treatment of paucibacillary leprosy is with the medications dapsone, rifampicin, and clofazimine for six months. Treatment for multibacillary leprosy uses the same medications for 12 months.
A number of other antibiotics may also be used. Worldwide, two to three million people are estimated to be permanently disabled because of leprosy. India has the greatest number of cases, with Brazil second and Indonesia third. It primarily affects the nerves of the extremities, the skin, the lining of the nose, and the upper respiratory tract. Leprosy produces skin ulcers, nerve damage, and muscle weakness. You can catch it only if you come into close and repeated contact with nose and mouth droplets from someone with untreated leprosy.
Children are more likely to get leprosy than adults. It was probably a humbling act for a great commander, but Naaman dipped himself seven times in the muddy Jordan river.
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