Leprosy Skin Rash
Useful for multibacillary leprosy only.
Leprosy skin rash. Skin slit smear a small slit is made using a sharp blade over the skin of the earlobe forehead or lesional skin then a smear is made by scraping the exposed dermis onto a glass slide and examining for acid fast bacilli under microscopy. The disease can lay dormant for years and symptoms may not develop for some time. It primarily affects the nerves of the extremities the skin the lining of the nose and the.
Leprosy is a chronic progressive bacterial infection caused by the bacterium mycobacterium leprae. However a red area or rash on the body associated with a loss of feeling in that area can be a symptom of leprosy. Numbness among the first symptoms loss of temperature sensation among the first symptoms touch sensation reduced among the first symptoms pins and needles sensations among the first symptoms pain joints deep pressure sensations are.
The following are the major signs and symptoms of leprosy.