Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Microbacterium leprae. has become public health problem in South Konawe Regency. However, it does not affect death rates directly. It disability, decreased productivity and stigma to patients. Indonesia number 3 country world with leprosy cases. This article used data from Indonesian Health Ministry annual report of program Regency...

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In handling Drop Foot due to leprosy, Prosthetic Orthotics can provide services in the form of ortosis, namely Sandal Foot, which aims reduce drop foot ankle joint caused by a decrease flexor dorsal muscle tone. Sampling is done purposive sampling. The sample count consisted 10 sufferers leprosy at Sumberglagah Mojokerto Leprosy Hospital. instrument used Rivermead Visual Gait Assessment form, v...

OBJECTIVE To study the profile of leprosy cases at Nkhotakota District Hospital in Central Region of Malawi. DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study of all registered cases of leprosy from records over a nine year period (January 1992 to April 2001) SETTING Nkhotakota District Hospital-Central Region of Malawi. RESULTS In total 526 cases of leprosy were identified from the records. The...

INTRODUCTION Patients with leprosy may be affected psychologically and socially by the negative attitude of society toward leprosy, caused by widespread ignorance and prevailing stereotypes surrounding the disease. This study aimed to determine the knowledge and attitudes toward leprosy among students at the University of Guadalajara. METHODOLOGY This descriptive cross-sectional study include...

INTRODUCTION There are currently an estimated 10-12 million cases of leprosy in the world. In Sene District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana the prevalence of leprosy is 2.4/10,000 of the population. Most of these cases are children, indicating that new infections are still occurring in the communities. OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with leprosy in the Sene District in order to ...

treated; unfortunately, persistent misconceptions result in unnecessary stigmatization. Thus the present study aims to assess the knowledge and attitudes regarding leprosy in people with and without leprosy, factors affecting the same; and to study their relationship with treatment status in leprosy patients. Detailed knowledge and attitude questionnaires were administered to 260 subjects (100 ...

Leprosy is a chronic infection of the skin and nerves caused by Mycobacterium leprae and the newly discovered Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Human leprosy has been documented for millennia in ancient cultures. Recent genomic studies of worldwide M. leprae strains have further traced it along global human dispersals during the past ∼ 100,000 years. Because leprosy bacilli are strictly intracellular...

Skin smear bacteriological examination results of 11,255 paucibacillary leprosy patients from 8 leprosy control units under the National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) in South India and the Outpatient Department (OPD) of the Central Leprosy Teaching & Research Institute (CLT&RI), Chengalpattu, between 1987 and 1989 were collected and analysed. Only 0.05% of the smears from leprosy contro...

Objective: We aimed to study the leprosy cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) findings and cerebral pathology. Methods: A total of 20 patients with leprosy who underwent MRI findings were presented. Results: Nonspecific senile atrophic changes were observed in most of patients with leprosy. Furthermore; meningiomas was observed in three patients with leprosy and chronic dural venous sinus t...