LEPROSY

Course overview

LEPROSY IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS HANSEN DISEASE. IT IS A CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS INFECTION GENERALLY CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE AND MYCOBACTERIUM LEPROMATOSIS, BOTH OF WHICH PRIMARILY AFFECTS THE SKIN AND PERIPHERAL NERVES. TO AVOID THE HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONDITION, IT MUST BE PROMPTLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATED. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF LEPROSY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.