Lepra Reaction Symptoms
In countries where people are frequently infected a person is considered to have leprosy if they have one of the following two signs.
Lepra reaction symptoms. Leprosy reactions are immunological responses to m. Sudden changes in immune mediated response to mycobacterium leprae antigen are referred to as leprosy reactions. Nerve damage can lead to.
Loss of feeling in the arms and legs muscle weakness. The reactions manifest as acute inflammatory episodes rather than chronic infectious course. Type i reaction is seen in borderline tuberculoid borderline or borderline lepromatous type with worsening of skin lesions andor nerve lesions.
There are mainly two types of leprosy reactions. Type 1 reaction is associated with cellular immunity and particularly with the reaction of t helper 1 th1 cells to mycobacterial antigens. Introduction leprosy reactions are inflammatory episodes that complicate the course of a mycobacterium leprae infection.