Leprosy-Symptoms

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> ** <span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(22, 20, 215);"> __Early Stages__  **<span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(22, 20, 215);">

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center; font-size: 150%;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; font-size: 70%;">  ===== > <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center; font-size: 150%;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; font-size: 70%;"> <span style="color: rgb(56, 167, 168);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center; font-size: 150%;"> <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block;">     <span style="color: rgb(56, 167, 168);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(35, 10, 209); font-size: 80%;"> __Progression of disease__  ** > <span style="color: rgb(98, 198, 198);"> __**Long-term Effects**__
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center; font-size: 150%;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; font-size: 70%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(21, 13, 181); font-size: 90%;">**Spots of hypopigmented skin- discolored spots which develop on the**   <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(21, 13, 181); font-size: 90%;"> **skin**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(21, 13, 181); font-size: 90%;">**Anaesthesia(loss of sensation) in hypthese opigmented spots can occur as well as hair loss**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(21, 13, 181); font-size: 90%;">**"Skin lesions that do not heal within several weeks of and injury are a typical sign of leprosy." (Sehgal 24)**
 * <span style="color: rgb(36, 12, 202); font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">**"** <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 12, 202); font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">**Enlarged peripheral nerves, usually near joints, such as the wrist, elbow and knees."(Sehgal 24)**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 12, 202); font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">**Nerves in the body can be affected causing numbess and muscle paralysis**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 12, 202); font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">**Claw hand- the curling of the fingers and thumb caused by muscle paralysis**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 12, 202); font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">**Blinking reflex lost due to leprosy's affect on one's facial nerves; loss of blinking reflex can eventually lead to dryness, ulceration, and blindness**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 12, 202); font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">**"Bacilli entering the mucous lining of the nose can lead to internal damage and scarring that, in time, causes the nose to collapse."(Sehgal 27)**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 12, 202); font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">**"Muscles get weaker, resulting in signs such as foot drop (the toe drags when the foot is lifted to take a step)"(Sehgal 27** **)**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(35, 12, 202);">**"If left untreated, leprosy can cause deformity, crippling, and blindness. Because the bacteria attack nerve ending, the terminal body parts (hands and feet) lose all sensations and cannot feel heat, touch, or pain, and can be easily injured.... Left unattended, these wounds can then get further infected and cause tissue damage." (Sehgal 27)**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(35, 12, 202);">**As a result to the tissue damage, "fingers and toes can become shortened, as the cartilage is absorbed into the body...Contrary to popular belief, the disease** <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(35, 12, 202);">**does not** <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(35, 12, 202);"> **cause body parts to 'fall off'." (Sehgal 27)**

====**<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(247, 94, 235);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 50%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 15, 215); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;"> __Distinct Symptoms of Tuberculoid, Lepromatous, and Borderline Leprosy__      **====

<span style="color: rgb(18, 206, 103);"> **<span style="color: rgb(66, 11, 229); font-size: 90%;"> __Tuberculoid Leprosy - the "benign" version:__ **

 * ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(48, 1, 218);">Light red or purplish skin lesions             ==

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 * ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(48, 1, 218);">"Patients usually have one or a few(normally fewer than five) hypopigmented lesions with well-defined borders." ( Sehgal 28)             ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(48, 1, 218);">"This form affects the peripheral nerves and, sometimes, the surrounding skin, on the face, arms, legs, and buttocks. Sensory loss is frequently observed around the lesions." (Sehgal 29)             ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(48, 1, 218);"> Granulomas( inflamed nodules caused by the infection) can form in the nerves             ==

===<span style="color: rgb(29, 226, 86);"> **<span style="color: rgb(54, 6, 203);"> __Lepromatous Leprosy-__  **<span style="color: rgb(54, 6, 203);">  **<span style="color: rgb(54, 6, 203);"> __the more severe form:__  **   ===
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(65, 10, 194);">"Skin lesions appear as yellow or brown nodules (protuberances), which are penetrated by many blood vessels." (Sehgal 29) **
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(65, 10, 194);">Multiple papules(pockets of skin filled with pus and bacteria) grow symmetrically on the skin **
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(65, 10, 194);">Skin thickens around ears and face and, in extreme cases, people may lose eyelashes and/or eyebrows **
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(65, 10, 194);">"When someone suffers from disfiguring facial features, this condition is known as leonine facies." (Sehgal 29) **

===<span style="color: rgb(20, 230, 79);"> **<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(74, 9, 215);"> __Borderline Leprosy -__  **<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(74, 9, 215);">  **<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(74, 9, 215);"> __the medium__  **   === <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(86, 2, 232);">**Single or multiple skin lesions with indistinct borders**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(86, 2, 232);">**"Can cause maximum nerve damage, as multiple nerves are involved. Nerve involvement is earlier and faster than in the lepromatous form." (Sehgal 30)**
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(86, 2, 232);">**This form of leprosy is only categorized by certain organizations such as "Ridley and Jopling"**

**<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> __ <span style="color: rgb(105, 13, 227);">Leprosy Index: __

- Leprosy - A Brief History - Types of Leprosy - Leprosy-Symptoms **<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> - Leprosy - A Cure?    ** **<span style="display: block; font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> - Leprosy - Works Cited    **
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> - Leprosy - Myths vs. Facts