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PNS Disease Project
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When Was It Discovered, Who?
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Is it genetic?
- No, there is no known link
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What parts of the PNS are affected?
- ulnar, median, posterior auricular, superficial radial, common fibular, superficial fibular and posterior tibial
Leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) first identified by Dr. Danielssen's son-in-law, Dr. Gerhard Armauer Hansen, in 1873.
- made this discovery while looking under a microscope at a patient's nasal biopsy material.
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How?
- sensory nerve damage – when the sensory nerves are damaged, they cannot register pain.
M. leprae
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What root nerve is affected?
- ulnar and common peroneal nerves are typically affected and it is located in the elblow
How do we find out?
To confirm the diagnosis, your doctor will take a sample of your skin or nerve (through a skin or nerve biopsy) to look for the bacteria under the microscope and may also do tests to rule out other skin diseases.
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria, Mycobacterium leprae. The disease predominantly affects the skin and peripheral nerves.
Treatments
Initially
Over time
Leprosy is a curable disease. The currently recommended treatment regimen consists of three drugs: dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine.
Profession
Slow down!
Common Signs and Symptoms
The best way to prevent the spread of leprosy is the early diagnosis and treatment of people who are infected.
Dermatologist
- Dermatologists are trained in most every aspect of the skin, hair and nails.
- Dermatologists are the most highly trained skin specialists in all of medicine
- No other area of medicine is as highly trained in diagnosis and treatment of skin problems or
- skin cancer.
- Requirements for mastery of topics include interpretation and diagnosis of skin diseases, the pathology of skin diseases and also skin cancer.
- Discolored patches of skin, usually flat, that may be numb and look faded (lighter than the skin around)
- Growths (nodules) on the skin.
- Thick, stiff or dry skin.
- Painless ulcers on the soles of feet.
- Painless swelling or lumps on the face or earlobes.
- Loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.