A five year study of profile of leprosy patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Manipur

This retrospective study was conducted to analyze the profile of leprosy patients who attended the OPD of a Tertiary Care Hospital in the state of Manipur, the Indian state with lowest prevalence of the disease. In this study demographic and clinical details of all leprosy patients attending Dermatology OPD for 5 years period from January 2011- December 2015 were analyzed from the departmental records. Of the 59 patients male to female ratio was 1.95:1. Major group of patients (42.4%) belonged to middle age group (20-40 years). Children (< 14 years) constituted 6.5%. 52.5% of the patients presented with mixed cutaneous and neural symptoms. Multibacillary cases clearly outnumbered paucibacillary (91.6%). The most common clinical type was borderline tuberculoid (38.9%) followed by indeterminate and lepromatous leprosy (15.3% each). Pure neuritic (5.1%) was the least common type. 15.3% patients developed type 1 reactions while 6.8% had type 2 reactions. 16.9% patients had grade 1 deformity of hands and feet while 11.9% had grade 2 deformity. Though the state is having low prevalence compared to national level, leprosy eradication programmes should be continued effectively and expanded to improve access in all regions of state.