LEPROSY

L EPROMATOUS LEPROSY
L ETHAL (in rare cases)
L EONINE FACE
L OW TEMPERATURE
L UES + FALSE
DD. Tb

ANTI -LEPROSY
DRUGS:
DDS= DAPSONE
CLOFAZIMINE
RED~ RMP
RMP

Updated: 12/30/2009

3 comments:

  1. lepromatous Leprosy is NOT lethal.
    Readers to note.
    Leprosy of any type is NoT a killing disease

    Dr R Ganapaati
    Bombay Leproisy Project
    E-mail : rganapati@yahoo.com

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  2. "Vision loss and blindness are potential complications of leprosy. Blind patients showed a 4.8-fold risk of death, even after adjusting for other Blind patients showed a 4.8-fold risk of death, even after adjusting for other factors, compared to nonblind patients. Young blind leprosy patients had the highest relative risk of death."

    Excess mortality associated with blindness in leprosy patients in Korea. Leprosy review, 1997, vol. 68, no4, pp. 326-330 (11 ref.)

    http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2139874

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    1. Lol smartiepants. Even Corneal Ulcer can cause blindness, does that mean its lethal"? :P

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