What is leprosy like?

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Many people may be familiar with leprosy, and leprosy is a chronic contact infectious disease caused by leprosy bacilli, which mainly invades human skin and nerves. If it is not treated, it may cause progressive and permanent damage to skin and nerves. Leprosy has a long history of epidemic and is widely distributed, which has brought serious disaster to people in epidemic areas, Therefore, in order to control and eliminate leprosy, we must adhere to the principle of prevention first, and actively prevent and control the infection, so as not to cause all kinds of serious effects. Now let's get to know.

What is leprosy like?

First: leprosy is a very serious disease. It is a chronic infectious disease that can be caused by leprosy bacilli. Leprosy can be directly transmitted through contact. For healthy people and infectious leprosy patients, the direct contact infection of leprosy patients is skin lesion. The mode of infection caused by the contact between the skin or mucous membrane of healthy people and the skin or mucous membrane of patients with leprosy.

Second: leprosy can also be transmitted through indirect contact. For healthy people and patients with infectious leprosy, they will be infected through certain transmission. For example, contact with clothes, bedding, towels, tableware, etc. used by infected patients will have the possibility of indirect contact infection, so the possibility is smaller than that of direct contact infection, but it can not be ignored.

Third: leprosy bacteria, whether through the skin, respiratory tract or digestive tract, are very likely to lead to the invasion of leprosy bacilli virus into the human body, so it is easy to lead to infection and transmission. We must do a good job in prevention and treatment at ordinary times, so as not to cause the serious impact of this disease.

matters needing attention

For the treatment of leprosy, if the patients are treated with a variety of drugs as soon as possible after the onset of leprosy, they can be completely cured, and the disability can be prevented and reduced. During the drug treatment, the infectivity brought by some bacteria should be avoided, so the health work and treatment work should be done well.