The theme of World Leprosy Day 2023 is “Act Now. End Leprosy”.
I wish for a happier and healthier world free from leprosy on the occasion of World Leprosy Day."
☘️ Aim of celebrating Leprosy day
- The aim is to increase public awareness and knowledge about leprosy and inform stakeholders leprosy can be prevented, treated, and cured.
☘️ How leprosy is transmitted?
- When a person with Hansen's disease coughs or sneezes, and a healthy person breathes in the droplets containing the bacteria. Prolonged, close contact with someone with untreated leprosy over many months is needed to catch the disease.
☘️ Symptoms of Leprosy
- Leprosy progresses very slowly. Most people who have leprosy do not develop symptoms for at least a year after being infected by the bacteria. In most cases, it takes 5 to 7 years for symptoms to develop.
- Leprosy damages the nerves and muscles. It may cause sores, lesions, lumps, and bumps to appear on the skin.
☘️ Treatment
- Leprosy is treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics can kill all the M. leprae bacteria in your body, but they can’t reverse nerve damage or deformities caused by leprosy.
- Healthy diet is important
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