02851nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260001900042100002500061700002000086700001800106700002100124245014700145856006500292300001200357490000700369520227900376022001402655       2023                            d  bTemas em Saude1 a Guimarães J. R. S.1 aVeloso I. A. M.1 aMoraes D. S. 1 aTibães H. B. B.00aPerfil epidemiológico das lesões hansênicas e os nervos afetados dos casos notificados no município de Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brasil  uhttp://temasemsaude.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/23101.pdf  a154-1710 v233 a<p>Introduction: Leprosy is a chronic, infectious and contagious disease of bacterial etiology, caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), with high infective power and low pathogenic power, whose peripheral nerve damage can lead to physical disabilities.</p>

<p>Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of leprosy cases and its correlation with the number of leprosy lesions and affected nerves in Montes Claros-MG, from 2011 to 2020.</p>

<p>Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive, quantitative and epidemiological study cross-sectional, using the evaluation of investigation forms from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN). The data analyzed were sociodemographic and clinical variables. Analyzes were carried out using the Microsoft Excel® program and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. Descriptive statistics were performed with the presentation of absolute (n) and relative (%) values, mean, standard deviation and bivariate analysis.</p>

<p>Results: The sample consisted of 392 notified cases. Of these, 67.60% and 32.40% were classified as multibacillary (MB) and paucibacillary (PB), respectively. The adult age group had an average age of 47.78 (± 17.98) years, with a predominance of brown color/race, whose education indicated that 19.14% of people had completed high school and 32.81% were illiterate or with fundamentally unfinished. The main clinical form was borderline and multibacillary operational classification. Negative bacilloscopy prevailed in most cases, and the main therapeutic scheme used was MDT/MB (multibacillary polychemotherapy) / 12 doses (67.6%).</p>

<p>Conclusion: It was possible to observe an increase in the incidence of leprosy cases in males with low schooling, in addition to an increase in the frequency of new cases of multibacillary forms and in the number of lesions, although the effectiveness of the multidrug therapy performed was verified. by patients. Such findings indicate little intensification in the active search of these patients and their contacts. The study suggests that actions that contribute to early diagnosis and timely treatment can impact the prevention of physical disability and functional limitations caused by leprosy.</p>
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