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Incapacidades físicas na hanseníase: do diagnóstico ao pós-alta / Physical disabilities in leprosy: from diagnosis to post-discharge

Abstract
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease, whose etiological agent is the Mycobacterium leprae, and the main form of transmission is through the airway. One of the most important demonstrations are hypochromic skin lesions with diminishing sensitivity. The goal of this job is to expose the consequences that this disease generates, like physical incapacity even after specific treatment. This is a descriptive and transversal epidemiological study based on data from articles and documents the Health Surveillance Secretariat, published in the last 10 years in Brazil, with analysis of confirmed leprosy cases. The analyzed studies showed a prevalence of leprosy cases in males and in the black population. They also reveal that of all new cases with leprosy, on average 20% of the patients remains physical incapacity, even after the discharge. The results show how important it is to make precocious diagnosis for not harm the patient's daily life.

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Journal Article
Author
Peres LCDA
Oliveira LBMD
Oliveira IDFD
Cotian LHM
Machado LCDS