Leprosy is mainly a disease of the skin and nerves. The involvement of nerves may lead to impairments that have, contributed to the fact that leprosy is often still seen as a disease to be feared. In non-leprosy-endemic Western countries, beliefs continue to prevail about the inevitability of deformities and the lack of a cure. I review the pathogenesis of deformity and to present a discourse on how deformities can, to a very large extent, be prevented and corrected.
BT - Clinics in dermatology C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26773625?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2015.10.015 IS - 1 J2 - Clin. Dermatol. LA - eng N2 -Leprosy is mainly a disease of the skin and nerves. The involvement of nerves may lead to impairments that have, contributed to the fact that leprosy is often still seen as a disease to be feared. In non-leprosy-endemic Western countries, beliefs continue to prevail about the inevitability of deformities and the lack of a cure. I review the pathogenesis of deformity and to present a discourse on how deformities can, to a very large extent, be prevented and corrected.
PY - 2016 SP - 66 EP - 69 T2 - Clinics in dermatology TI - Rehabilitation of leprosy-affected people: An overview. VL - 34 SN - 1879-1131 ER -