Advanced Leprosy Face
It primarily affects the nerves of the extremities the skin the lining of the nose and the.
Advanced leprosy face. Discolored patches of skin usually flat that may be numb and look faded lighter than the skin around growths nodules on the skin. It is also a disease that historically caused people to be shunned or locked in leper colonies with no care. Thickening of peripheral nerves.
Symptoms caused by damage to the nerves are. Look at the definitions for a leper by merriam websters. Loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.
Loss of sensation in fingers and toes. Hansens disease is a chronic illness that affects the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. Leprosy primarily affects your skin and nerves outside your brain and spinal cord called the peripheral nerves.
Common symptoms present in the different types of leprosy include a runny nose. Painless swelling or lumps on the face or earlobes. I say historically but the shunning still occurs.
Leprosy is a chronic progressive bacterial infection caused by the bacterium mycobacterium leprae. Painless ulcers on the soles of feet. Thick stiff or dry skin.
Smooth shiny diffuse thickening of facial skin ear and hand.