Initial symptoms of leprosy

summary

Leprosy is a disfigurement disease, some people will suffer from the symptoms of leprosy, leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by leprosy bacilli, the main lesions in the skin and peripheral nerves, the main performance of patients with numb skin damage, nerve bulky, serious even limb disability. Let's talk about the initial symptoms of leprosy

Initial symptoms of leprosy

The eyebrows fall off, and part or most of the hair falls off. With obvious superficial sensory and sweating disorders, peripheral nerve involvement leads to facial paralysis, hand and foot dyskinesia and deformity, osteoporosis and plantar ulcer. Lymph nodes, testicles, eyes and internal organs are seriously affected. Testicles can atrophy, often causing impotence, breast swelling, infertility and so on.

Nasal mucosa may be hyperemia, swelling or erosion. The middle stage was characterized by more extensive distribution and more obvious infiltration, and a few lesions could form nodules. In addition to superficial sensory disturbance, dyskinesia and deformity can also occur.

Plantar visible nutritional ulcer, lymph nodes, liver, spleen and other swelling, testis can also be involved. In the late stage, the lesions were characterized by deep and diffuse infiltration, often accompanied by dark red nodules. The facial nodules or plaques could fuse into a large area of uneven lesions, with hypertrophic lips and enlarged earlobes, which were like the lion's face;

matters needing attention

If you want to do a good job in the prevention of leprosy, you should go to the hospital regularly for physical examination, especially for the family members of leprosy patients who already have leprosy at home. Regular physical examination can find out whether they are infected in advance, and it can play the role of early detection, so the effect of treatment will be better.