Types+of+Leprosy

=**Types of Leprosy **=

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__The bacteria that causes leprosy, as seen above.__ ** Due to the various symptoms of leprosy different classifications have been made. According to WHO( Worldwide Health Organization), leprosy can be categorized into two forms: tuberculoid and lepromatous. Other classifications though such as the Ripley and Joplin Classification identify five forms of leprosy: tuberculoid, borderline tuberculoid, borderline, borderline lepromatous, and lepromatous leprosy. **     

   __** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Worldwide Health Organization's (WHO) Classification of Leprosy   **__ <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">  <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Paucibacillary (PB)    **   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">  **   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Multibacillary (MB)    **   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">        || <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">  //  ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Tuberculoid Leprosy  **  //   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">  //  ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Lepromatous Leprosy  **  //   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Unique Signs and Symptoms  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Significantly milder with skin lesions and peripheral nerve enlargement as the only usual signs, possibility of spontaneous recovery  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Lion-like face due to inflammation (  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">leonine facies  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">), as well as nasal cartilage damage causing  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">saddle-nose deformity  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">,  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">blindness  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> due to scarring of the eye can result,  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">infertility  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> may result in men  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Asymmetrical  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Symmetrical  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Occurs When  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Infected person is  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">able  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> to mount a robust, cell-mediated immune response to the bacterium  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Infected person  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">unable  ** ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> to mount a cell-mediated immune response to the bacterium  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">1-5 patches associated with leprosy  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">>5 patches associated with leprosy  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Is the person Infectious? **   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">     <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">No  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">  //  ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Possibly  **  //  ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">; bacterium is found in high concentrations in respiratory secretions and organs, but it is not clear how it is spread to another person  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Prospects for Recovery  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">     <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">      <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Good  **    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">   <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">    <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">     ** <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">Cure from disease possible, however, underlying disease complications (such as limb damage due to infection) may  <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);"> <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">not be reversible or require reconstructive sur  <span style="color: rgb(19, 106, 221);">gery  **   <span style="color: rgb(20, 95, 219);">     <span style="color: rgb(20, 95, 219);"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**<span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 99, 232); text-align: center;"> __Ridley and Joplin's Classification of Leprosy__ <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: left; display: block; color: rgb(11, 63, 218);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(11, 63, 218); text-align: left; font-size: 90%;">According to other scientists or organizations, there are more than two types of leprosy. The Ridley-Joplin chart lists five subcategories of leprosy, ranging from one which mirrors tuberculosis all the way to acute leprosy. **


 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> __<span style="color: rgb(47, 218, 169);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(21, 56, 209);">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    **
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