What is cutaneous leishmaniasis?

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Leishmania infection is the main cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis. This kind of bacteria can survive in human body for a long time and show different forms with different stages of life history. This kind of bacteria is infectious and can be transmitted by reptiles, mammals and sandflies. It can be seen that cutaneous leishmaniasis is also very complex.

What is cutaneous leishmaniasis?

Patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis usually have an incubation period of four to six months, during which patients do not have particularly obvious symptoms. With the development of the disease, in the early stage of the disease, patients will have irregular temperature rise, spleen swelling, accompanied by diarrhea and cough. Women also have more menstruation.

Patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis will have more abundant symptoms after two to three months of illness, and the gums will have bleeding phenomenon. Because of this situation, the appetite of patients will also decrease. The symptoms of the disease are repetitive. Children's illness may affect the development, and if they get sick for a long time, it will damage the liver function.

When the above situation is found, we must go to the hospital for the most comprehensive physical examination. At present, the methods to check skin leishmaniasis include etiology examination, lymph node puncture examination, serological examination, laboratory examination and imaging examination. The diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis also needs to be differentiated from other diseases, such as Banti's syndrome, histoplasmosis CAPSULARIS and leukemia.

matters needing attention

Diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis to take the most comprehensive treatment, symptomatic treatment of the disease is very important, a small number of patients also need injection treatment. The choice of treatment should listen to the doctor's advice, patients need to actively cooperate with the doctor during the disease treatment, pay attention to environmental protection, try not to raise poultry and pets. Pay attention to the changes of the season, according to their physical condition can be appropriate for physical exercise, maintain an optimistic attitude, so as to have a good therapeutic effect.