Leprosy
Alternative Names
Hansen's diseaseSymptoms
Symptoms include:
- 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
- Numbness or absent sensation in the hands, arms, feet, and legs
- Muscle weakness
Exams and Tests
- Lepromin skin test can be used to distinguish lepromatous from tuberculoid leprosy, but is not used for diagnosis.
- Skin scraping examination for acid fast bacteria
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