Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a serious, infectious chronic disease caused by a harsh bacterial organism called Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy has existed in time unknown and is not ...

Advanced leprosy can result in neurological damage, causing patients to lose their sensitivity. Some patients have lost fingers or toes because of extensive injury from the disease. “In many ...

All her fingers were clawed and her legs discharged ... Each country requests leprosy doses, a capsular medication, administered over a period of 12 months, from the WHO every year.

Leprosy is curable with a combination of different ... not able to get hold of the combination of drugs. All Awwal Musa's fingers were clawed and her legs discharged pus. "Before last year ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

The World Health Organization has reportedly said it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria, where thousands of people suffer from the chronic disease. Bureaucratic delays meant Nigeria ran out of the ...

Persons suspected of having leprosy will be identified and treated ... ear lobe thickening and nodules, weakness in hands and feet, clawing of fingers and toes, muscle wasting in hands and ...