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Leprosy Skin Lesions Pictures

The image shown is of a patient with ll showing multiple skin nodules with diffuse infiltration.

Leprosy skin lesions pictures. Leprosy also called hansens disease is an infection caused by a slow growing bacteria mycobacterium leprae that causes skin lesions and nerve damage in the hands and feet. Numbness in the hands arms feet and legs. Now very treatable the condition no longer requires quarantine.

Leprosy is a disease mainly caused by the bacteria mycobacterium leprae which causes damage to the skin and the peripheral nervous systemthe disease develops slowly from six months to 40 years and results in skin lesions and deformities most often affecting the cooler places on the body for example eyes nose earlobes hands feet and testicles. This disease is characterized by the formation of skin bumps or lesions which looks like blister. This may precede the development of cutaneous lesions by years.

Cutaneous lesions in this form of the disease vary. The skin color may change and the affected person may not be sensitive to heat or touch as the disease progresses. Bullous or ulcerated lesions may also be seen.

At one end of the spectrum is lepromatous leprosy ll which represents a diminished host response to the leprosy bacillus. Skin changes in ll leprosy are more extensive than in tt leprosy. Leprosy is an infectious disease that causes severe disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in the arms legs and skin areas around your body.

The clinical manifestations of this illness depend on the host response to infection. The initial skin lesions are usually of the indeterminate type presenting as a solitary or small number of hypopigmented patches before evolving into borderline tuberculoid or lepromatous types. The main symptoms of leprosy include.

Patients may show extensive bilaterally symmetric nonanesthetic skin lesions with macules nodules plaques or papules. Explore searchviewparamsphrase by color family familycolorbuttontextcolorfamilyname. The skin lesions result in decreased sensation to touch temperature or pain.

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