TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Child
KW - Cohort Studies
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Ethiopia
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Pain Measurement
KW - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
KW - Recurrence
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Severity of Illness Index
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Time Factors
KW - Young Adult
AU - Saunderson P
AU - Bizuneh E
AU - Leekassa R
AB - <p><b>OBJECTIVES: </b>To identify patients with typical symptoms of neuropathic pain in a well-defined cohort of multibacillary patients being followed up as part of a relapse study in Ethiopia; to identify risk factors for the development of neuropathic pain.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>96 patients who had completed MDT more than 10 years previously participated in the study, through a questionnaire.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>28 (29%) had symptoms of neuropathic pain and it was reported as severe in 12. Because the past history of these subjects is well documented, a risk factor analysis was carried out. The presence of leprosy-related impairment was the only significant risk factor for neuropathic pain that was identified.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Neuropathic pain is an important problem in a proportion of people previously treated for leprosy. Further research into the management of the condition is required.</p>
BT - Leprosy review
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19009976?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 2008 Sep
IS - 3
J2 - Lepr Rev
LA - eng
N2 - <p><b>OBJECTIVES: </b>To identify patients with typical symptoms of neuropathic pain in a well-defined cohort of multibacillary patients being followed up as part of a relapse study in Ethiopia; to identify risk factors for the development of neuropathic pain.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>96 patients who had completed MDT more than 10 years previously participated in the study, through a questionnaire.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>28 (29%) had symptoms of neuropathic pain and it was reported as severe in 12. Because the past history of these subjects is well documented, a risk factor analysis was carried out. The presence of leprosy-related impairment was the only significant risk factor for neuropathic pain that was identified.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Neuropathic pain is an important problem in a proportion of people previously treated for leprosy. Further research into the management of the condition is required.</p>
PY - 2008
SP - 270
EP - 6
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Neuropathic pain in people treated for multibacillary leprosy more than ten years previously.
UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/79/3/27-0276
VL - 79
SN - 0305-7518
ER -