Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
Hansen's disease
Symptoms
Symptoms include:
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Skin lesions that are lighter than your normal skin color- Lesions have
decreased sensation to touch, heat, or pain - Lesions do not heal after several weeks to months
- Lesions have
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Numbness or absent sensation in the hands, arms, feet, and legs Muscle weakness
Signs and tests
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Lepromin skin test can be used to distinguish lepromatous from tuberculoid leprosy, but is not used for diagnosis Skin lesion biopsy -
Skin scraping examination for acid fast bacteria
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Review Date: 08/28/2009
Reviewed By: Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of
Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of
Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General
Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
