Leprosy In Mexico
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Leprosy in mexico. Sinaloa and michoacan report the majority of cases with 32 and 15 respectively. The states with the. Ochoas paper is a summary of 187.
The time of the settlement of leprosy in mexico is uncertain however recent studies pointed out that leprosy was probably brought by asians migration at about 12000 years ago and not by the europeans conquerors during xvi and xvii centuries. This nerve damage may result in a lack of ability to feel pain which can lead to the loss of parts of a persons extremities from repeated injuries or infection due to unnoticed. According to the document 50 cases of leprosy have been reported in men and 39 in women however the figure is still far from the 127 cases that were reported in all of 2019.
Now han and collaborators report that this most recent discovery is the dominant cause of the worlds oldest human disease in mexico. According to the ministry of health the number of cases is lower than last year. Thanks to many decades of sustained campaigns against the disease however the country achieved a national prevalence of less.
So far in 2020 89 cases of leprosy have been documented in mexico of which two occurred between september 27 and october 3 included in the weekly epidemiological bulletin of the ministry of health. Health authorities confirmed that at least 5 cases of leprosy were identified in quintana roo and. Leprosy also known as hansens disease hd is a long term infection by the bacteria mycobacterium leprae or mycobacterium lepromatosis.
Five cases of leprosy have been detected in mexico the yucatan times reports. Mycobacterium lepromatosis not only causes the majority of cases it accounts for all cases of the most severe form of the disease diffuse leprotamosis leprosy dll which has been recognized in mexico for at least 160 years han says. The ministry of health indicates that most of the infections have been reported in sinaloa.
Registration of leprosy has been done since the colonial era and the disease was considered as a public health problem until the year 2004 in mexico when the incidence was achieved to be less than 1 per 10000 as defined by the world health. Leprosy has been endemic in mexico for at least several centuries. However the ministry is monitoring and tracing all cases as this infectious disease can be transmitted through nose and mouth droplets because of close and frequent contact with untreated cases.
Ochoa added that mexico doesnt have a major public health issue with leprosy. The countries with the biggest infection problems are india brazil and indonesia.