Title : Leprosy: clinical spectrum
Abstract:
Abstract: Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a curable infectious disease which is caused by Mycobaterium leprae. It remains endemic in >140 countries around the world. Leprosy currently affects approximately a quarter of a million people throughout the world, with the majority of these cases being reported from India. Despite being declared “eliminated” as a global public health problem by the World Health Organization in the year 2000, approximately 200,000 new cases were reported worldwide in 2017. With globalization and migration of population the diseases has migrated to so called ‘non-endemic’ zones. Leprosy predominantly affects the skin and peripheral nerves. It has a spectrum of clinical presentation and there are episodes of lepra reaction which are acute inflammatory episodes during the chronic course of the illness. The disease is associated with a lot of social stigma and the deformities resulting due to delay in diagnosis and prompt initiation of correct treatment leads to permanent stigmata of leprosy. The basic aim of this presentation would be to make the audience about the the varied common presentations of this disease and the frequent complications encountered if we donot initiate treatment on time.
What will audience learn from your presentation?
(Try to list 3-5 specific items)
- Diagnose and treat leprosy cases?
- Leprosy cases are not seen routinely in non endemic zones, hence this presentation would introduce the various presentations of this age old infectious disease.
