Leprostigma in hanseniasis.
نویسنده
چکیده
Ignorance, fear and superstition surround the problems of hanseniasis. In almost all cultures the predominant attitude is emotion, disgust and rejection towards persons suffering from this disease. All efforts aimed at the control of hanseniasis are doomed to failure unless the significance of stigma and associated social and economic factors are given adequate consideration. A programme of destigmatization is outlined.
منابع مشابه
Our fight against leprostigma will be limited to Brazil.
"Hanseniasis" is the medical term introduced in the State of S. Paulo, Brazil (1967) to initiate the liberation of a common physical disease caused by Myco. hansenii 1 from the dinosauruslike size and weight of the terror, ignorance, superstition, stigma and sensationalism perpetually yoked to the pernicious, degrading and loathsome pejorative "leprosy". The new medical name rapidly spread to o...
متن کاملAn induction of the late hypersensitivity reaction to DNCB in patients with different clinical forms of hanseniasis in Brazil.
One hundred and twenty Brazilian patients with several forms of hanseniasis were tested with DNCB. The results were the following: 1) the sensitization of patients with hanseniasis to DNCB was lower than that seen in the general population; 2) the sensitization of the borderline and virchowian forms of hanseniasis were lower than that seen in the indeterminate and tuberculoid forms.
متن کاملFamily studies on hanseniasis cases.
Examination of intrafamilial contacts among the first degree relatives of 400 hanseniasis patients, revealed an additional 101 cases. Distribution pattern of disease types detected in the contacts, in relation to that found in the index cases, are analysed. An attempt has been made to evaluate the role of genetic factor in determining the type of hanseniasis in a patient.
متن کاملFive years of hanseniasis control activities in the Cape Verde Islands based on the OMSLEP system.
After some general information about the use of the OMSLEP System in the National Hanseniasis Control Program of the Republic of Cape Verde the author presents some operational and epidemiological indices produced by the System, adding a short evaluation of the Program and of the use of the System.
متن کاملCoexistence of cutaneous tuberculosis (scrofuloderma) and hanseniasis-a rare presentation.
Cutaneous tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis and hanseniasis are all caused by different spp. of Mycobacterium, an intracellular pathogen whose development depends on impaired cell mediated immunity. Scrofuloderma is the most common variant of cutaneous tuberculosis, which is characterized by a direct extension of the skin which overlies the infected lymph gland, bone or joint, that breaks do...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- Hansenologia internationalis
دوره 4 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979