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it is a  chronic, infectious disease that is curable and mainly causing skin lesions and nerve damage.

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leprosy is Gram-positive bacterium in the Mycobacteriaceae family.

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leprosy is mostly found in warm and wet areas of the tropics and subtropics area. the most common places its found is in India Brazil and Indonesia

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leprosy spreads when someone who has it either coughs or sneezes. if someone who is fully healthy inhales the fire of a infected person that is how It could spread

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some symptoms include Thick stiff or dry skin. swelling on the face or earlobes. loss of eyebrows or eyelashes

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in terms of treating leprosy there are two main antibiotics. dapsone and rifampicin. it usually takes at least 6-12 months to cure the disease

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if left untreated your body could be badly damaged, and your legs and hands could end up crippled. leprosy could also cause paralysis and permanent disability

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It  takes about 3 to 5 years for symptoms to appear attaining leprosy. everybody is different and Some people don't get  symptoms until 20 years later.

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include numbness
loss of touch
weight loss
rashes
burns
hair loss

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this website is very good because it fully describes what leprosy is. it explains the types of leprosy, the causes, the risks, symptoms and how to prevent leprosy. this website gives a very descriptive explanation about leprosy and it was very helpful to me on this project

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there is no scientific way to prevent leprosy

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this website was very helpful for when I was searching for interesting facts on leprosy. the website had seven facts that I did not know about and I was able to learn more about my topic because of this website. each fact that was given was connected with a picture and a long paragraph describing the fact

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this website was useful because it contained data and graphs of patients with leprosy. this website gave me knowledge on what it was like to live with leprosy. this website was also able to help me learn what body parts leprosy effects and what it does to a human being.

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most people are immune to leprosy
armadillos can carry leprosy
leprosy cases still occur
it is very curable

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they  have used steroid medications to minimize pain stop inflammation from leprosy

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medical doctors goal is to if possible restore limb function and some neural functions that were lost to the disease.

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it depends on when medical professionals diagnose and treat it. if its treated quickly or if there isn't any tissue damage the person has a good outcome. However, if the patient's isn't treated until way later and the infection gets worse to the point where it can affect the patients lifestyle then there is a fair to poor prognosis.

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Charles Patrick Davis, MD. “What Is Leprosy? Symptoms, Treatment, Causes & Prevention.” MedicineNet. MedicineNet, December 9, 2019. https://www.medicinenet.com/leprosy/article.htm#what_is_the_prognosis_of_leprosy.

Das, Nirmalya K, Abhishek De, Biswanath Naskar, Amrita Sil, Sudip Das, Aarti Sarda, and Gobinda Chatterjee. “A Quality of Life Study of Patients with Leprosy Attending the Dermatology OPD of a Tertiary Care Center of Eastern India.” Indian journal of dermatology. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6986124/.

“Diagnosis and Treatment.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 30, 2017. https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/treatment/index.html.

Miller, Sara G. “6 Strange Facts about Leprosy.” LiveScience. Purch, September 27, 2016. https://www.livescience.com/56275-strange-facts-about-leprosy.html.

“Leprosy.” 中文版. Accessed October 26, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Category/ListContent/bg0g_VU_Ysrgkes_KRUDgQ?uaid=Dsk68kcB4If1KMzcu-Z8lg.

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there was a decreasing number in humans getting affected by leprosy. in 2020 the number of people effected decreased by 2%, and it is highly suggested that this decrease will continue

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as you can see in this chart the number of cases is decreasing

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