Leprosy

[dslayer]

Lankawe godak pathirilada? Berenne kohomada?

 

[nevermindNevergiveup]

ල පුසී?

 

[imhotep]

Leprosy aka Hansen’s disease after the Norwegian scientist Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who in 1873 discovered the slow-growing bacterium now known as Mycobacterium Leprae.

Just don't believe old wives' tales. You cannot get leprosy through casual contact, a quite prolonged close contact is needed to catch it. It's believed that the primary mode of transmission is via droplets. Moreover, most of us, nearly 95% of adults has some natural immunity against it. The wonder of evolution.
Also the BCG vaccination could offer some protection because the bacteria that causes Leprosy is closely related to the one that causes TB.

More than half the World's cases are in India, then also in Indonesia, Brazil etc. Then WHO reports countries over 1000 cases annually as Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka and the United Republic of Tanzania. Leprosy is present in over 120 countries in the world.

Even though we eliminated Leprosy in 1995, sadly we are back in the list. There's an Anti-Leprosy Campaign in action and they say that the Covid time and the fuel shortage had a negative impact on the campaign and these factors caused the cases to go undetected and ramp up.
More than 1,300 new cases were reported in 2022, with 10.6% of the patients being children. The number of cases for the year 2021 was 1,026 and in 2020, 1,213. The number of cases in 2015 was nearly 2,000.
They also say that from 2020 to 2022 they have missed around 3,272 cases.

Treatment is easy using Multi Drug Therapy (MDT) - a combination of drugs are used instead of a monotherapy (one drug) as this could result in developing drug resistance to that particular drug. Seeking proper medical advice during the early stages is the key.

 

[dinuksha_asela]

Public place wala yaddi Mask ekak daan pala.. ehema ekaparak contact una kiyala bo wenne naa..

 

[Miami-Vice]

 

[lankalk]

heduna ekek ekka budiya gaththada? udema bayawela duwagena awith thread ekak demme

 

[Asmodeus]

I still remember the childhood memories of fear of leprosy, which were fueled by Ben Hur, Robin Hood, and that mini-series, Alla Langa Walawa. It was my daily practice to check the sensitivity of the skin through various experiments to ensure that I am not contracted with leprosy.

 

[dslayer]

I still remember the childhood memories of fear of leprosy, which were fueled by Ben Hur, Robin Hood, and that mini-series, Alla Langa Walawa. It was my daily practice to check the sensitivity of the skin through various experiments to ensure that I am not contracted with leprosy.

What are the experiments?

 

[Asmodeus]

What are the experiments?

Skin sensitivity testing by various devices, feather, nail, needle etc

 

[kukkubaba98]

I still remember the childhood memories of fear of leprosy, which were fueled by Ben Hur, Robin Hood, and that mini-series, Alla Langa Walawa. It was my daily practice to check the sensitivity of the skin through various experiments to ensure that I am not contracted with leprosy.

අම්මො බෙන් හර්. පොඩි කාලේ හෙන බයයි ඒකෙ ලාදුරු සීන් වලට

 

[Roxburyroy]

Lankawe godak pathirilada? Berenne kohomada?

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. It primarily affects the skin, peripheral nerves, and mucous membranes. The disease is curable with multi-drug therapy (MDT), which is available free of charge at government clinics in Sri Lanka¹.

The Anti-Leprosy Campaign (ALC) has been responsible for all leprosy-related activities in Sri Lanka since 1954, including policy-making, program planning, implementation, and research¹. The ALC offers various programs to prevent the spread of leprosy, including leprosy awareness programs for health staff and the general public, contact tracing, a leprosy helpline service, special surveys, and capacity-building programs¹.

To protect yourself from leprosy in Sri Lanka, you can take the following steps:
- Practice good personal hygiene.
- Avoid close and prolonged contact with untreated leprosy patients.
- Be aware of the early signs and symptoms of leprosy (such as skin lesions that do not heal or loss of sensation in the affected area) and seek medical attention promptly if you notice any of these symptoms.
- If you have been in close contact with a person who has been diagnosed with leprosy, you should inform your doctor and get tested for the disease.

If you have any questions or concerns about leprosy, you can contact the ALC for more information and support¹. They offer a range of services to help prevent the spread of leprosy and support those affected by the disease.

Source:
(1) Anti Leprosy Campaign | Home. https://leprosycampaign.health.gov.lk/.
(2) Anti Leprosy Campaign | About Us - Health. https://leprosycampaign.health.gov.lk/about-us/.
(3) REPORT ON LEPROSY ELIMINATION MONITORING IN SRI LANKA. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/206316/B0291.pdf;sequence=1.
(4) Sri Lanka - The Leprosy Mission. https://www.leprosymission.org.uk/about/where-we-work/sri-lanka/.
(5) undefined. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/206316/B0291.pdf.

 

[kinkon]