http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/ A med blog about health, news, surgery, urology and medicine as it must be, unlimited. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/#comment-105255 ty Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/#comment-105255 they keep telling me it vitiligo or something... till they did a biopsy (at my request!) that was when they got a puzled look still not believing its possible, when i said it was numb, i didnt feel the needle. a day later and there is no sorreness. what gives? doctors. waiting on results would like to visit with someone knowledgeable of early diagnosis... single father of two young children, what are chances of them getting it. it started with two light spots 1/2 inch. on geneticals(as my son calls em) now i noticed an darker spot 3 inch. on my ankle, i thought it was from a old injury, sort of puffy and rough??? they keep telling me it vitiligo or something… till they did a biopsy (at my request!) that was when they got a puzled look still not believing its possible, when i said it was numb, i didnt feel the needle. a day later and there is no sorreness. what gives? doctors. waiting on results would like to visit with someone knowledgeable of early diagnosis… single father of two young children, what are chances of them getting it. it started with two light spots 1/2 inch. on geneticals(as my son calls em) now i noticed an darker spot 3 inch. on my ankle, i thought it was from a old injury, sort of puffy and rough???

]]> http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/#comment-75461 Liz Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/#comment-75461 I was watching a program on either the History Channel or National Geographic and they were discussing how people with Leprosy were ostrasized and banished from their villiages( in India and Africa). I knew that Leprosy still existed but I had thought that the Medical Establishment had made it clear to these very superstitous people that they couldn't catch it from touching the people or living with them. It made me sad to think that people still reacted to something that has been around for over 2000 years and is treatable in this horrible way. I was watching a program on either the History Channel or National Geographic and they were discussing how people with Leprosy were ostrasized and banished from their villiages( in India and Africa).
I knew that Leprosy still existed but I had thought that the Medical Establishment had made it clear to these very superstitous people that they couldn’t catch it from touching the people or living with them. It made me sad to think that people still reacted to something that has been around for over 2000 years and is treatable in this horrible way.

]]> http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/#comment-51838 Tammy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/#comment-51838 I live in Canada and about 5 years ago I started to develope a very strange rash. I thought that I had leprosy and went to my doctor. Although it is very , very rare in Canada ( about 500 cases are diagnosed each year ), I thought that I must of developed it when travelling. However, I was told I have excema. I have tried everything to get rid of the excema and nothing helps it. They are not even sure what it causing it. I am wondering if the medication used in Leprosy might work for excema? I am at my wits ends and I have no other options. I live in Canada and about 5 years ago I started to develope a very strange rash. I thought that I had leprosy and went to my doctor. Although it is very , very rare in Canada ( about 500 cases are diagnosed each year ), I thought that I must of developed it when travelling. However, I was told I have excema. I have tried everything to get rid of the excema and nothing helps it. They are not even sure what it causing it. I am wondering if the medication used in Leprosy might work for excema? I am at my wits ends and I have no other options.

]]> http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/#comment-9383 Al Kline DPM Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/10/23/leprosy-hansens-disease-2/#comment-9383 Nice synopse on leprosy. I thought leprosy was all but irradicated? Interestingly, it also causes neuropathy and foot ulcers as seen in DM. Nice synopse on leprosy. I thought leprosy was all but irradicated? Interestingly, it also causes neuropathy and foot ulcers as seen in DM.

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