01522nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001000084653001100094653001100105653002800116653001200144653000900156100001400165700001400179245004400193300001200237490000700249520101000256022001401266       2005                            d  c2005 May-Jun10aAdolescent10aAdult10aChild10aFemale10aHumans10aInterpersonal Relations10aleprosy10aMale1 aPonte KMA1 aNeto FRGX00a[Leprosy: the reality for adolescents].  a296-3010 v583 a<p>Leprosy is a contagious disease of a great disabling potential and the teenagers, living a changing phase of their lives, can be negatively influenced by the disease sequelae. This study aims to characterize the teenagers with leprosy disease according to social-demographic aspects, to proceed epidemic-operational analysis of leprosy disease; check teenagers' knowledge about leprosy disease and the way they reacted after they found out they had the disease; identify the changes occurred in the teenager's life and the difficulties after they had the disease. It is an explorative and descriptive research which involved 31 teenagers who are carriers of the leprosy disease and are assisted by the Family Health Strategy, in Sobral munipality-Ceará. The results point out the need of an integral and continuous attendance to the teenager with leprosy disease, avoiding that this disease brings significant changes to his/her life that can difficult to the construction of his/her new identity.</p>  a0034-7167