01655nas a2200313 4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001000051653000900061653002600070653002300096653001100119653002100130653001100151653001200162653000900174653001600183653002300199653001400222100001600236700001500252700001400267700001500281245006500296300001100361490001500372520094000387022001401327 2008 d c200810aAdult10aAged10aDisability Evaluation10aEducation, Nursing10aFemale10aHomeless Persons10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNursing Assessment10aSelf care1 aPereira SVM1 aBachion MM1 aSouza AGC1 aVieira SMS00a[Leprosy assessment: experience report of nursing students]. a774-800 v61 Spec No3 a

Brazil is the second in the world in new cases of Leprosy. The eradication continues to be a defiant goal. It has sought describe the morphologic profile of lesion formations and analyze the procedures in the care of wounds from a group of people with sequelae of Hansen asylum in an institution non-governmental. The experience of teaching-learning was longitudinal, based on Scientific Methodology of Nursing Assistance, involving people with swellings and health repercussions of Hansen's disease, residents in an institution of Goiás State. All the residents presented disabling swellings and health repercussions associated to the Leprosy: visual impediment, swelling of the eyebrows; fall of the nasal pyramid, total reabsorption of fingers and toes, amputation of both legs, ulna grip, perforating plantar disease. Abrasive soaps and toxic antiseptic were applied directly on the lesion, causing damages to the scarring.

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