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| | Leprosy - MSN Encarta |
 | | Treating leprosy using multidrug therapy is much more effective than using any one drug alone, and this treatment helps ensure that a drug-resistant form of the leprosy bacterium will not develop. | | | Leprosy can be treated effectively with several drugs, but if left untreated, the disease can result in severe disfigurement, especially of the feet, hands, and face. | | | Scientific understanding and effective drug therapy have debunked many of the myths surrounding leprosy, and life for most patients today is quite different than it was in Medieval Europe. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761578788
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| | Leprosy: The Basics |
| | Leprosy can damage the peripheral nerves and nerves in the skin. | | | It is an infection that affects the skin and the nerves of the hands and feet and can also cause problems in the eyes and nose. | | | Leprosy can affect the eyes in several ways. |
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http://www.leprosy.org/LEPinfo.html
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| | Recent advances in the treatment of leprosy |
| | The classification of leprosy is based upon 2 basic criteria that are, the clinical manifestations and the results of skin smears. | | | Leprosy affects all aspects of patients' life (Reviewed in [24]). | | | The clinical classification, for the purpose of treatment, uses the number of skin lesions and nerves involved as the basis for grouping leprosy patients into PB and MB leprosy (Figure 1). |
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| | Home aHealthyme.com |
| | Physiotherapy exercises are taught to the patients to maintain a range of movement in finger joints and prevent the deformities from worsening. | | | The most widely used drug for leprosy is dapsone. | | | The multi-drug therapy includes dapsone, refampin (also known as rifampicin), and clofazimine, all of which are powerful antibacterial drugs. |
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http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100083616
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| | What is leprosy? |
| | We also continue our medical research into leprosy – working to provide a better understanding about the disease and how it is transmitted. | | | With our trained teams of paramedics and health workers, we seek out and treat those affected, we enable them to care and provide for themselves, and we educate the community to encourage people with leprosy to come forward, and to remove the social stigma attached to leprosy. | | | The good news is that today leprosy can be cured. |
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http://www.lepra.org.uk/leprosy.shtml
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| | National Leprosy Eradication Programme |
| | The modern approach is to treat leprosy patients in the community so that they continue to lead a normal life. | | | For their more effective involvement in the national endeavor of achieving leprosy elimination, their roles / responsibilities have been redefined in the context of leprosy elimination and integration with General Health Care System, | | | 95% people are naturally immune to the leprosy germ. |
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http://mohfw.nic.in/nlep.htm
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| | Leprosy: Merck Manual Home Edition |
| | Leprosy mainly affects the skin and peripheral nerves. | | | Infection of the nerves makes the skin numb or the muscles weak in areas controlled by those nerves. | | | People at risk should be monitored by a doctor, but preventive antibiotics are not used. |
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http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch194/ch194a.html
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| | When there are large numbers of bacilli present in skin granulomas of patients with BL, the condition is termed multibacillary leprosy. | | | Nerve damage tends to occur early and sensory (pain or anesthesia) or motor changes may be the presenting problem. | | | Chronic skin disease + peripheral neuropathy are suspicious of leprosy. |
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http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/leprosy.htm
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| | I am working under the assumption that the mark is true leprosy (though the fact that the mark does not spread [or does it?] is duly noted) and to be treated as such. | | | There are other parallels that could be added, but the point is to try and start thinking of these leprosy laws in a much grander sense than just as something that happened thousands of years ago as isolated incidences to a few individuals. | | | There is one exception that would make someone unclean even if the condition didn't seem to spread--if his hair fell out, starting from the back of the head which is suspicious of leprosy.] |
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| | HHMI's BioInteractive - Featured Infectious Disease: Leprosy |
| | Multidrug therapies that use a combination of three medicines can cure leprosy in as little as six months and can prevent disabilities if treatment is given early. | | | One of the oldest-known pathogens to afflict humans, leprosy may go back as far as 600 B.C. The ancient Greeks and Romans learned painful lessons about leprosy after their armies returned victorious from Asia—unwittingly bringing back the previously unknown affliction with their plunder. | | | What do human beings and armadillos have in common? |
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http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/leprosy
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Leprosy |
| | So far leprosy has baffled all the efforts of medical science: almost every conceivable method of treatment has been attempted, yet with no appreciable success. | | | The historical researches of Virchow concerning leper-houses (leprosoria) have established the fact that such institutions existed in France as early as the seventh century at Verdun, Metz, Maestricht, etc., and that leprosy must even then have been widespread. | | | They may occur on any part of the body, but usually affect the face (forehead, eyelids, nose, lips, chin, cheeks, and ears), thickening all the features and giving them a leonine appearance (leontiasis, satyriasis). |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09182a.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Leprosy: Music: Death |
| | Leprosy is more technical than Scream Bloody Gore, but Scream Bloody Gore had its more personal moments, I think. | | | I can't say he made a bad choice for the future, because most of it is much better than Leprosy. | | | Terry Butler's bass is out there and easy to hear, which pleases me. Chuck's intro scream is very nice too...it really sets the mood of the hopelessness he's about to describe, pertaining to the horrible disease - Leprosy. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003C5C?v=glance
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| | WHO Leprosy |
| | Throughout history, the afflicted have often been ostracized by their communities and families. | | | Monitoring the performance of MDT services, the quality of patients’ care and the progress being made towards elimination through national disease surveillance systems. | | | Encouraging self-reporting and early treatment by promoting community awareness and changing the image of leprosy; |
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http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs101/en
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| | Leprosy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This chronic infectious disease usually affects the skin and peripheral nerves but has a wide range of possible clinical manifestations. | | | Leprosy: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References. | | | Today, leprosy is easily curable by multidrug antibiotic therapy (MDT). |
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| | leprosy - Columbia Encyclopedia article about leprosy |
| | Dapsone was the drug of choice for leprosy from the 1940s until 1980, but due to drug resistance and the necessity for long-term (sometimes lifelong) treatment, it has been replaced by a combination of drugs. | | | There is a general thickening of the skin, especially the face and ears. | | | This combination, referred to as multiple drug therapy, has been highly effective and requires a shorter treatment period. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/leprosy
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| | Leprosy |
| | In tuberculoid leprosy, the skin lesions are fewer and have little or no feeling. | | | In lepromatous leprosy, the skin lesions are many and widespread. | | | Household contacts of patients with lepromatous leprosy who are less than 25 years old may be considered for preventive treatment. |
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| | Leprosy explained |
| | Leprosy affects the various nervous systems of the body, particularly the skin and peripheral nerves. | | | However, it can affect the sensory, peripheral, motor and autonomic nerves in the following ways: | | | Leprosy is a chronic bacterial infection of the skin and superficial nerves. |
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| | Tzaraath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Spinka states that besides including the modern leprosy, Biblical leprosy can also include various skin conditions, syphilis, small pox, and not merely the disease leprosy as understood today. | | | [1] The Wycliffe Bible Encylopedia and the journal Perspectives in Biological Medicine state that Biblical leprosy may include mold, which will be discussed later in greater length. | | | It affected primarily the afflicted person's skin, but sometimes his clothes and/or house. |
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| | Leprosy |
| | Indeterminate leprosy refers to a very early form of leprosy that consists of a single skin lesion with slightly diminished sensation to touch. | | | The disease can affect the skin, mucous membranes, and eyes and some of the nerves that are located outside the central nervous system (peripheral nerves). | | | Today, there is effective treatment and the disease can be cured. |
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http://www.webmd.com/hw/infection/nord67.asp
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| | LEPROSY SUFFERERS NEED COMPASSION |
| | We would like you to call us at our email address - keith_skilli@yahoo.com - Through this web-site, we are endeavouring to stimulate an awareness of the needs of those affected by this totally curable disease, with deformities, blindness, ulcerations and other disabilities that are completely preventable. | | | on Immunity, please email us at - keithskilli@ozemail.com.au - There is a vast amount of miscellaneous information on leprosy, with many LINKS at our W.H.O. -- Please note that this does not mean that, by the end of the 20th. | | | Now that we understand H.D. to be an ordinary public health problem, let us see how the body's immune system reacts to invasion by M.leprae bacilli. |
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| | eMedicine - Leprosy : Article by Elyse Harrop, MD |
| | Since 1943, when sulfone was introduced as the first effective treatment for leprosy, antibiotic treatment has dramatically improved patients' outcomes. | | | People with light skin and Chinese individuals have a greater tendency to have the lepromatous type of leprosy. | | | Lepra reactions are complications that occur in 50% of patients after the initiation of therapy or, occasionally, before therapy (see Complications). |
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| | Leprosy: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
| | Leprosy: A Medical Dictionary, EHandler: no quick summary. | | | These words seem to have been used to cover a number of skin conditions of different etiology etiology quick summary: | | | (although this term is falling into disuse both from the diminishing number of leprosy patients and from pressure to avoid the demeaning connotations of the term. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/l/le/leprosy.htm
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| | Leprosy Info |
| | Information campaigns about leprosy in high risk areas are crucial so that patients and their families, who were historically ostracized from their communities, are encouraged to come forward and receive treatment. | | | This is especially important for communities at risk for leprosy, which are often the poorest of the poor and under-served. | | | Elimination of Leprosy as a Public Health Problem |
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| | Novartis Pharmaceutical- A through Z - Leprosy |
| | It also damages the skin, lining of the nose, eyes, and genitals. | | | Diseases and Conditions / A through Z /Leprosy | | | Our aim is to get people's high blood pressure into the BP Success Zone (less than 140/90 to 120/80 mm HG or below). |
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| | This fact sheet describes and illustrates the current situation for leprosy (Hansen's disease) in the Region of the Americas, in a context of eliminating the disease as a public-health problem and the reduction in its incidence resulting from the use of multidrug therapy (MDT). | | | Keywords (no limit, or key in Product type/s in keyword field for cross-referencing): Surveillance features Leprosy, Annual status reports, Incidence/Mortality/Fatality, Epidemic alert and response, Incidence and disease registries, Outbreaks, Resistance surveillance, Epidemiological surveillance systems, Geographic information systems, Maps, Groups affected, Risk factors/behaviors | | | Self-Instruction Course on Health Situation Analysis for Endemic Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) |
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http://www.paho.org/english/ad/dpc/cd/leprosy.htm
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| | Leprosy |
| | Seldom is leprosy completely removed from the body; it can only be halted using a multi-drug treatment. | | | As of 1940, a treatment using dapsone is currently being used to supress leprosy. | | | Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease which attacks the skin, peripheral nerves and mucous membranes (eyes, respiratory tract). |
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http://www.tesarta.com/www/resources/library/leprosy.html
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| | HPA Leprosy |
| | Leprosy is a curable chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nerves and also the respiratory mucosa and the eyes. | | | Only 10% of patients with leprosy are infectious if left untreated. | | | Throughout history sufferers have been shunned and often forcibly ostracised by their communities. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Medical notes Leprosy |
| | In contrast, the tuberculoid form is localised, so its affects are less widespread across the body. | | | Lepromatous leprosy symptoms are a chronically stuffy nose and many skin lesions and nodules on the front and back of the body. | | | Leprosy is a painful condition which, although curable, can leave sufferers deformed and crippled if left untreated. |
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| | Leprosy (Hansen's disease). DermNet NZ |
| | Leprosy can be cured but it is essential to take the full course of medication. | | | Within each type of leprosy, a patient may remain in that stage, improve to a less debilitating form or worsen to a more debilitating form depending on their immune state. | | | The bacteria may also be found in lepromatous leprosy on smears taken from skin slits made in the ear lobes, but the smears will be negative in the tuberculoid or borderline forms of the disease. |
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| | MORE LEPROSY (HANSEN'S DISEASE) LINKS |
| | If you are interested in knowing what it would be like to have leprosy in a situation deprived of essential drugs and information to prevent unnecessary deformities, ulceration, stigma etc., then I suggest that you read"The Challenge of Leprosy" access Chapter 10 TLM has conducted some interesting research concerning how women are affected by leprosy. | | | They have a full-orbed concern for leprosy sufferers, meeting their needs for treatment and rehabilitation. | | | In view of this, it is essential that all medical personnel be trained in the diagnosis of leprosy. |
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http://www.webspawner.com/users/leprosy2
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Leprosy |
| | It is characterized by disfiguring skin sores, peripheral nerve damage, and progressive debilitation. | | | Lepromin skin test can be used to distinguish lepromatous from tuberculoid leprosy, but is not used for diagnosis. | | | All forms of the disease eventually cause peripheral neurological damage (nerve damage in the arms and legs) which causes sensory loss in the skin and muscle weakness. |
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| | Leprosy (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | Both produce skin lesions and decreased sensation to pain, touch and heat, but lepromatous is the most severe and produces large disfiguring nodules. | | | Today, leper colonies are no longer considered necessary, since the disease can be treated by medications. | | | Drugs used to treat leprosy include: Dapsone (diaminodiphenylsulfone), Rifampin, clofazimine, and thalidomide. |
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| | The association of lepers with the "unclean" is seen in the popularity of baths as a treatment for leprosy, but this occurred mostly in areas of Christian influence, such as the Crusader states. | | | It was not their fault that they were lepers, whereas it was thought that most people contracted leprosy as a punishment from God for their sins. | | | The official disease, leprosy, produced by Mycobacterium leprae, was not scientifically identified until 1874, and the cause for the disease was not proven until the 1960s. |
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| | The Leprosy Mission International |
| | This means not just providing a cure, but also addressing the underlying causes, working to prevent disability and to restore dignity and wholeness to people and communities affected by leprosy around the world. | | | is a leading international non-denominational Christian organization, with over 130 years experience in leprosy work. | | | As long as leprosy afflicts individuals and communities, The Leprosy Mission (TLM) is committed to doing all it can to break its power and impact. |
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| | What is leprosy in the Bible? |
| | In this issue, the concern is the identity of the skin disease. | | | It is more probable that the skin diseases are | | | Since the English word, "leprosy," looks a little like the Greek word, lepra, some translations make the connection. |
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| | Emedicine Search Results for leprosy |
| | Leprosy - Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae. | | | Leprosy - Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which affects principally the skin and per... | | | Leprosy - Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.exe/searchengine@/em/searchengine?boolean=and&book=all&maxhits=100&HiddenURL=&query=leprosy
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| | The bacteria found in the affected parts of all leprosy patients are known as mycobaterium leprae. | | | Leprosy is a disease like any other disease and is curable at ALL stages. | | | However leprosy is occasionally contracted by wealthy people as well; unlike the people living in the slums, they can afford the multi-drug therapy to cure the disease at the earliest stages. |
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| | Leprosy genome tells story of human migrations, French researchers report in Science |
| | "Leprosy is still very real and devastating to patients who aren't treated appropriately. | | | One of the oldest known human diseases, leprosy is still a significant problem in parts of the developing world, especially India. | | | Leprosy genome tells story of human migrations, French researchers report in Science |
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| | WorldNetDaily: Are illegals making U.S. a leper colony? |
| | The fear is that since the disease remains contagious until treatment is commenced, a surge of diagnosed-but-untreated patients could mean a spread of leprosy into the population of those born in America. | | | But Pfeifer suggests many aliens are coming to the U.S. specifically to get treated for their skin condition, due to the short time between many immigrants' entry to the U.S. and their diagnosis with leprosy. | | | Leprosy, the contagious skin disease evoking thoughts of biblical and medieval times, is now making its mark in the United States, and many believe the influx of illegal aliens is a main factor. |
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| | Welcome to American Leprosy Missions! |
| | American Leprosy Missions has started treating Buruli ulcer patients in Ivory Coast and in Ghana. | | | Contagious Compassion is the inspiring story of people who have had leprosy, those who have cared, and the vision that continues to challenge us. | | | They say words and labels are as painful as leprosy's scars - sometimes even more so. |
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| | Welcome to LEPRA |
| | is a world in which leprosy and other diseases of poverty have been eradicated and the suffering and pain they cause are prevented and relieved. | | | is to work to restore health, hope and dignity to people affected by leprosy and other diseases of poverty. | | | This year, like every year, April 25th will commemorate Africa Malaria Day. |
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| | New Scientist Breaking News - Leprosy's decline caused by rise of TB |
| | "The idea that TB protects against leprosy is a long-standing paradigm" which this study may now turn on its head, says Bruce Rothschild, a skeletal pathologist at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, US. | | | The researchers found scraps of DNA from both the leprosy and TB bacteria in 10 of the 24 skeletons analysed (42%), providing strong evidence that victims had suffered from both illnesses. | | | The idea was born when the BCG vaccine for TB occasionally appeared to be effective against leprosy as well. |
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| | Hardin MD : Leprosy |
| | [leprosy pics, leprosy information, leprosy disease, leporsy, lepersy, lepresy][191786 |
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| | Hansen's Disease - 4 |
| | Information on the World Health Organization Action Programme for the Elimination of Leprosy | | | Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) - Lepromatous form - Left Arm | | | Select histology images from the DermPathTutor - Image Index page. |
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