Leprosy

Leprosy
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or Hansen's disease(hn´snz), chronic, mildly infectious malady capable of producing, when untreated, various deformities and disfigurements.
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Leprosy
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Leprosy is an infectious disease that has been known since biblical times. It is characterized by disfiguring skin sores, peripheral nerve damage, and progressive debilitation.
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leprosy
A progressive infectious disease that attacks the skin, flesh and nerves; characterized by nodules, ulcers, scaly scabs, deformities and the eventual loss of sensation. Also called Hansen's disease.
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Leprosy (for minocycline)
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LEPROSY
SYMPTOMS"Any unnatural patch on the surface of the skin. If void of sensibility to temperature, pain, or touch, it should be a warning of the possible onset of this disease. Other early symptoms include headache, nosebleed, and fevers.
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Lepromin Skin Test
Leprosy
Leprosy Skin Test (Lepromin Skin Test)
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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome ...
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Leprosy
Leptospirosis
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Letterer-Siwe disease
Leukemia
Leukemia - acute childhood (ALL)
Leukemia - acute granulocytic
Leukemia - acute myeloid (AML)
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other conditions can cause positive screening test results, including illegal drug use (injectable drugs), recent vaccinations, pregnancy, endocarditis, autoimmune diseases (such as systemic lupus erythematosus), tuberculosis, mononucleosis, leprosy, ...
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These patients include those who live in institutions; are mentally retarded, or physically infirm; have other diseases which affect the amount of sensation they have in their skin (leprosy or syringomyelia); have leukemia or diabetes; ...
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The biopsy also is helpful to rule out other causes of symptoms such as infection, especially tuberculosis, syphilis, leprosy and fungal disease.
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Mycobacterium ulcerans: The bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer. Mycobacterium ulcerans is a member of the family of bacteria that causes tuberculosis and leprosy.
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osteomyelitits (bacterial infection of bone and bone marrow)
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The word "blister" entered English in the 14th century. It came from the Middle Dutch "bluyster", blister and was a modification of the Old French "blostre" which meant a leprous nodule -- a rise in the skin due to leprosy.
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cirrhosis, asbestosis, berylliosis, diabetes, Hodgkin's disease, hyperthyroidism, amyloidosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary embolism, scleroderma, silicosis, tuberculosis, Gaucher's disease, and leprosy.
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